Leah Sixkiller

Eighth Circuit Decision Further Clarifies the Principle of Tribal Sovereign Immunity
Richard A. Duncan,Leah Sixkiller, April 10, 2012
On April 4, 2012, in Alltell Communications, LLC v. DeJordy, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that a third-party subpoena in private civil litigation is a "suit" for purposes of an Indian tribe's common law sovereign immunity, thus requiring waiver or...