United States Ninth Circuit
DAWAVENDEWA v. SALT RIVER PROJECT AGRIC. IMPROVEMENT AND POWER DIST., 00-16787
Indian tribe and tribal officials have sovereign immunity from Title VII claims and are indispensable parties to Title VII claims against parties that lease land from tribes with preferential provisions to hire tribal members.
Appellate Information
- Argued 10/17/2001
- Decided 01/02/2002
- Published 01/02/2002
Judges
- TROTT, Circuit Judge:, Before: BEEZER, TROTT, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Bradley H. Schleier,Schleier, Jellision & Schleier, P.C., Phoenix, Arizona, for the plaintiff-appellant.
- For Appellees:
- John J. Egbert,Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C., Phoenix, Arizona, for the defendant-appellee.