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PENOBSCOT NATION v. FELLENCER

No. 98-1326.

164 F.3d 706 (1999)

PENOBSCOT NATION, Appellant, v. Cynthia A. FELLENCER, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 19, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kaighn Smith, Jr., with whom Gregory W. Sample was on brief for appellant.

Michael A. Duddy for appellee.

Before LIPEZ, Circuit Judge COFFIN and CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judges.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to revisit and further define the allocation of sovereign powers between the Penobscot Nation (the Nation) and the State of Maine. The question before us is whether the decision of the Penobscot Nation Tribal Council to terminate the employment of a community health nurse constitutes an "internal tribal matter" within the meaning of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980, 25 U.S.C. §§ 1721 -1735. The district...

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