Civil Practice: Civil Action-Tribal Sovereign Immunity-Dismissal

Plaintiffs appealed the dismissal of their civil action against a tribal business council. The district court dismissed the case based on tribal sovereign immunity.

The court found no basis for reversal of the district court’s judgment.

Judgment is affirmed.

Bird Industries, Inc. v. Tribal Business Council of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (MLW No. 79592/Case No. 22-2584 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota, Hovland, J.