TEAGUE v. BAD RIVER CHIPPEWA INDIANS

No. 01-1256.

265 Wis.2d 64 (2003)

2003 WI 118

665 N.W.2d 899

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

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 17, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant there were briefs by Henry M. Buffalo, Jr., John E. Jacobson, Peter G. Griffin, and Jacobson, Buffalo, Schoessler & Magnuson Ltd., St. Paul, Minnesota, and oral argument by John E. Jacobson.

For the plaintiff-respondent there was a brief by Beth E. Hanan, Andrew W. Erlandson, and Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Beth E. Hanan and Andrew W. Erlandson.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Paul Stenzel and Stockbridge-Munsee Legal Office, Bowler; Kris Goodwill and Lac Courte Oreilles Legal Department, Hayward; Carol J. Brown and Brown & LaCounte, LLP, Madison; and Jennifer L. Nutt Carleton and Oneida Law Office, Oneida, on behalf of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, and Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin.


¶ 1. N. PATRICK CROOKS, J.

This case is before the court on certification from the Court of Appeals, District III, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 809.61 (1999-2000).1 The parties dispute whether a default judgment on the merits from the Bad River Band Tribal Court should be granted full faith and credit under Wis. Stat. § 806.245 when the same matter has also resulted in a judgment and orders from a Wisconsin circuit court. This...

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