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AKINS v. PENOBSCOT NATION

No. 97-1644.

130 F.3d 482 (1997)

Andrew AKINS, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. PENOBSCOT NATION, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 17, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy C. Woodcock, with whom Weatherbee, Woodcock, Burlock & Woodcock, Bangor, ME, was on brief, for Plaintiffs, Appellants.

Kaighn Smith, Portland, ME, for Defendants, Appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, LYNCH, Circuit Judge, and STEARNS, District Judge.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the first instance this court has been asked to address an important question in the allocation of sovereign powers between the Penobscot Nation and the State of Maine: the definition of "internal tribal matters." If the dispute here involves an "internal tribal matter" then the tribal courts have exclusive jurisdiction; if not, then claims have been stated within federal court jurisdiction and it was error to...

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