United States Tenth Circuit
Native Am. Distrib. v. Seneca-Cayuga Tobacco Co., 07-5104
In an breach of contract action between a distributor and an enterprise of a tribe, dismissal of plaintiffs' claims is affirmed where: 1) the tribal enterprise has not waived its immunity; 2) the enterprise was not equitably estopped from asserting its immunity due to the misrepresentations of its managers; 3) the district court did not have subject-matter jurisdiction; and 4) the plaintiffs failed to allege a viable civil conspiracy claim against the individual defendants in their individual capacities.
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/17/2008
- Published 11/18/2008
Judges
Court
- United States Tenth Circuit