United States Eighth Circuit

In a bank's declaratory judgment action brought against a husband and wife, and their family farm and ranch business located on tribal land, seeking to have a tribal judgment of a tribal Court of Appeals declared null and void, a decision upholding the judgment is affirmed over claims that: 1) the tribal courts lacked jurisdiction over the underlying discrimination claim brought by husband and wife; and 2) bank was denied due process by the tribal proceedings.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/26/2007
• Published 06/26/2007

Judges

• MURPHY, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of appellant was Paul A. Banker, Minneapolis, MN. Also appearing on the brief was Robert V. Atmore, Minneapolis, MN., Thomas J. Van Norman (argued), Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Legal Department, Eagle Butte, SD, and Steven J. Gunn, Washington University School of Law, Roger K. Heidenreich, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, St. Louis, MO (on the briefs), for Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of appellee was James P. Hurley, Rapid City, SD.