LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY BANDS v. GREAT SPRING WATERS

No. 1:02-CV-127.

203 F.Supp.2d 853 (2002)

LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY BANDS OF ODAWA INDIANS; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians; and Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Plaintiffs, v. GREAT SPRING WATERS OF AMERICA, INC., a Subsidiary of the Perrier Group of America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and John M. Engler, Governor of the State of Michigan, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

May 28, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Bransky, Traverse City, MI, for Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians.

William Rastetter, Olson & Bzdok, PC, Traverse City, MI, for Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.

William J. Brooks, Maistee, MI, for Little River Band of Ottawa Indians.

John M. DeVries, Mika, Meyers, Beckett & Jones, PLC, Grand Rapids, MI, for Great Spring Waters of America, Inc.

Jeffrey V. Stuckey, Dickinson Wright, PLLC, Lansing, MI, John Wernet, Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, MI, for John Engler.


OPINION

ENSLEN, District Judge.

"Whiskey is for drinkin', but water is for fightin'." Attributed to Mark Twain.1

This matter is before the Court on Defendant Great Spring Waters of America, Inc.'s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Complaint. Defendant John M. Engler is also named in the suit and has concurred in the Motion to Dismiss. The suit is brought by Plaintiffs Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Grand...

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