HURON POTAWATOMI, INC. v. STINGER

Docket No. 198078.

574 N.W.2d 706 (1997)

227 Mich. App. 127

HURON POTAWATOMI, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kathy STINGER, Defendant-Appellant,

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided December 19, 1997, at 9:25 a.m.

Released for Publication March 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vandervoort, Cooke, McFee, Christ, Carpenter & Fisher, P.C. by Nelson Karre, Battle Creek, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Russell & Batchelor by Walter J. Russell, Grand Rapids, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before WHITE, P.J., and MARK J. CAVANAGH and REILLY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant Kathy Stinger appeals as of right from an order granting plaintiff, Huron Potawatomi, Inc., summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7) on the basis that her counterclaim was barred by plaintiff's sovereign immunity. We affirm.

Plaintiff is an Indian tribe. Plaintiff incorporated as a Michigan nonprofit corporation in 1970. Plaintiff is administered by an elected chairman and council. Defendant is a member of the tribe.

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