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TEAGUE v. BAD RIVER BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS

Nos. 98-3150, 98-3484.

229 Wis.2d 581 (1999)

599 N.W.2d 911

Jerry TEAGUE, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. BAD RIVER BAND OF the LAKE SUPERIOR TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS, Defendant-Appellant. Jerry TEAGUE, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. BAD RIVER BAND OF the LAKE SUPERIOR TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS, Defendant-Appellant, FIRST FINANCIAL BANK, Garnishee.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 27, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Kevin Osterbauer of Bad River Legal Department of Odanah and John E. Jacobson of Jacobson, Buffalo, Schoessler & Magnuson Ltd. of Minneapolis, Minnesota. There was oral argument by John E. Jacobson.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent there was a brief and oral argument by Michael P. Erhard of Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach, S.C. of Madison.

Before Cane, C.J., Myse, P.J., and Hoover, J.

MYSE, P.J.

The Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians (Band) appeals a judgment awarding damages against the Band for breach of 1993 and 1995 employment contracts with Jerry Teague. The Band contends the circuit court erred by: (1) refusing to give full faith and credit to a tribal court judgment declaring the employment contracts null and void pursuant to § 806.245, STATS.; (2) finding that the Band was estopped from arguing as an affirmative...

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