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LEMKE EX REL. TETA v. BROOKS

No. C1-00-187.

614 N.W.2d 242 (2000)

Wanda Lea LEMKE, as Trustee for the Heirs and Next of Kin of Kinscem TETA, Respondent, v. Dean Lawrence BROOKS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Granted September 27, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald I. Meshbesher, Daniel J. Boivin, Meshbesher & Spence, Ltd., and Ronald H. Usem, Craig D. Greenberg, Huffman, Usem, Saboe, Crawford & Greenberg, P.A., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Paul A. Banker, Lindsay G. Arthur, Jr., Arthur, Chapman, Kettering, Smetak & Pikala, P.A., and James M. Genia, Lockridge Grindal Nauen, P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, for appellant.

Considered and decided by TOUSSAINT, Chief Judge, RANDALL, Judge, and PARKER, Judge.

OPINION

EDWARD J. PARKER, Judge.**

Dean Brooks appeals from the district court order denying his motion to dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, contending respondent was first required to exhaust tribal court remedies. We affirm.

FACTS

Decedent Kinscem Teta and Brooks were the parents of a young child, Alicia. Brooks and his daughter are enrolled members of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota...

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