Colombe v. Rosebud Sioux Tribe, et al., No. 13-1382 (8th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseAfter receiving an adverse ruling from the Rosebud tribal courts regarding a casino management contract, plaintiff filed suit in federal court seeking to vacate the tribal court ruling and to enjoin the Tribe from continuing a second action in the Rosebud tribal courts. The court reversed the district court's denial of the Tribe's motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to exhaust tribal court remedies pertaining to BBC's challenge of the tribal courts' jurisdiction; remanded this part of the claim to the district court with instructions to enter an order dismissing plaintiff's complaint; and affirmed the district court's orders in all other respects.
Court Description: Civil case - Indian law. In a dispute over a casino management contract, the district court erred in denying the Tribe's motion to dismiss based on plaintiff's failure to exhaust its tribal court remedies with respect to plaintiff's challenge of the tribal courts' jurisdiction; this part of the claim is remanded with directions to dismiss the complaint; the district court's dismissal of other claims for failure to exhaust is affirmed.
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