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MINN. CHIPPEWA TRIBE v. STATE, DEPT. OF LABOR

No. C7-82-1571.

339 N.W.2d 55 (1983)

MINNESOTA CHIPPEWA TRIBE, et al., Appellants, v. STATE of Minnesota, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, et al., Respondents, Michael C. Tibbets, Intervenor, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 14, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent P. Tupper, Walker, and Bernard P. Becker, St. Paul, for appellants.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Thomas G. Lockhart, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for respondent State of Minn.

Jacob E. Forsman, Compensation Attorney, State of Minn., St. Paul, for intervenor-respondent Michael C. Tibbets.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

TODD, Justice.

This is an action for a declaratory judgment brought by the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (Tribe) and its six constituent bands. They seek a declaration that they are not involuntarily subject to Minnesota Workers' Compensation laws, and that they have sovereign immunity from claims and suits brought by their employees under those compensation statutes. Compensation claims were pending against two of the bands. The trial court dismissed the action on the...

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