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THREE AFFILIATED TRIBES v. WOLD ENGINEERING, P. C.

No. 82-629.

467 U.S. 138 (1984)

THREE AFFILIATED TRIBES OF THE FORT BERTHOLD RESERVATION v. WOLD ENGINEERING, P. C., ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 29, 1984

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Cross argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was John O. Holm.

Deputy Solicitor General Claiborne argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae in support of petitioner. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Lee, Acting Assistant Attorney General Habicht, and Edwin S. Kneedler.

Hugh McCutcheon argued the cause for respondents and filed a brief for respondent Wold Engineering, P. C.*

JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This litigation presents issues of state-court civil jurisdiction over a claim asserted by an Indian tribe. The case, as it comes to us, is somewhat unusual in a central respect: the Tribe seeks, rather than contests, state-court jurisdiction, and the non-Indian party is in opposition. Cf. Williams v. Lee, 358 U.S. 217 (1959).

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