AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT CO. v. KIOWA TRIBE

No. 85,272.

2 P.3d 338 (2000)

2000 OK 27

AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT COMPANY, a joint venture, Appellee v. The KIOWA TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA, Appellant, Watson Management Group, Inc., Garnishee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

April 11, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Brown Wallace, Shelia D. Tims, Andrews, Davis, Legg, Bixler, Milsten & Price, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for Appellant.

William J. Robinson, Shirk, Work, Robinson & Work, P.C., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for Appellee.


SUMMERS, C.J.:

¶ 1 This is the latest in a series of cases by which this Court has addressed the question of tribal sovereign immunity. Before the Court is an order of the District Court of Oklahoma County holding valid a series of garnishments against the Kiowa Tribe issued by Aircraft Equipment Co., the Tribe's judgment creditor. Although the Court had earlier denied the Defendant's motion to retain, we now withdraw...

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