HAGEN v. SISSTEON-WAHPETON COMMUNITY COLLEGE

No. 99-2124.

205 F.3d 1040 (2000)

Vicky HAGEN; Colin L. Harris, Appellee, v. SISSETON-WAHPETON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greg S. Paulson, Minneapolis, MN, argued (Kurt V. BlueDog and Jack C. Blair, on the brief), for Appellant.

Timothy R. Shattuck, Sioux Falls, SD, argued (Elizabeth A. Lewis and Jack H. Hieb, on the brief), for Appellee.

Before: WOLLMAN, ROSS and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.


ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Sisseton-Wahpeton Community College (the College) appeals from a judgment entered by the district court in favor of Vicki Hagen and Colin L. Harris on their consolidated race discrimination cases. Because we hold that the College was a tribal agency immune from suit, we reverse.

BACKGROUND

In 1979, pursuant to its constitution, the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe (the Tribe) chartered...

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