United States Ninth Circuit

In order for a tribal court to have jurisdiction over a suit between a tribal member and a non-tribal member under the consensual relationship exception, the relationship must have some commercial nature.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/19/2001
• Decided 09/06/2001
• Published 09/06/2001

Judges

• TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:, Before:  PREGERSON, TASHIMA, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• D. Michael Eakin,Montana Legal Services Ass'n, Billings, Montana, for the defendant-appellant., Michael Northcutt, Missoula, Montana, for the plaintiff-appellee.