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TEAGUE v. BAD RIVER BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS

Nos. 98-3150, 98-3484.

236 Wis.2d 384 (2000)

2000 WI 79

612 N.W.2d 709

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

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 6, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner there were briefs by John H. Zawadsky, Michael P. Erhard, Andrew W. Erlandson, Beth Ermatinger Hanan and Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach, S.C., Madison, and oral argument by Michael P. Erhard.

For the defendant-appellant there was a brief by Henry M. Buffalo, Jr., John E. Jacobson and Jacobson, Buffalo, Schoessler & Magnuson, Ltd., St. Paul, Minnesota, and Kevin Osterbauer and Bad River Legal Department, Odanah, and oral argument by John E. Jacobson.

¶ 1. DIANE S. SYKES, J.

This case concerns the interpretation of a statute affording full faith and credit to the judgments of tribal courts in this state. Specifically, the case raises the question of whether under Wis. Stat. § 806.245 (1995-96),1 a tribal court judgment can be denied full faith and credit because a complaint concerning the same subject matter was filed first in state circuit court. The case arises out of a...

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