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MAXA v. YAKIMA PETROLEUM, INC.

No. 14382-1-III.

924 P.2d 372 (1996)

83 Wash.App. 763

Larry MAXA and Jodene Maxa, husband and wife, Petitioners, v. YAKIMA PETROLEUM, INC., an Indian corporation; and Robert Ramsey and Jane Doe Ramsey, husband and wife, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Three.

October 10, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Lawrence-Berrey, Jr., Peters & Fowler, Inc. Selah, for Petitioners.

Robert W. Bjur, Zillah, for Respondents.

SCHULTHEIS, Judge.

Larry Maxa, a non-Indian, entered into employment agreements and promissory notes with Yakama Indian Nation corporation Yakima Petroleum, Inc. (Petroleum). Each of these contracts was negotiated outside the Yakama reservation. We are asked whether the Yakima County District Court erred in deferring to the Yakama Nation Tribal Court the initial jurisdictional disposition of Mr. Maxa's suit on these contracts...

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