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AROOSTOOK BAND OF MICMACS v. RYAN

No. 04-1517.

404 F.3d 48 (2005)

AROOSTOOK BAND OF MICMACS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Patricia E. RYAN, Executive Director, Maine Human Rights Commission; Linda E. Abromson, Warren C. Kessler, Kim C. Millick, and Paul K. Vestal, Jr., Members, Maine Human Rights Commission; Lisa Gardiner; Tammy Condon; Beverly Ayoob, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 13, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas J. Luckerman, with whom Law Office of Douglas J. Luckerman was on brief, and Gregory P. Dorr, with whom Farrell, Rosenblatt & Russell was on brief, for appellant.

G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, with whom Christopher C. Taub, Assistant Attorney General, and Paul Stern, Deputy Attorney General, were on brief, for appellees.

Before LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, and COFFIN and CYR, Senior Circuit Judges.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to decide whether a federal court has jurisdiction to hear an Indian tribe's suit to stop a state agency from investigating tribal employees' complaints of workplace discrimination. The Maine Human Rights Commission has investigated complaints by three former employees of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs, and asserts that it has the authority to investigate any future complaints, pursuant to Maine antidiscrimination law. The...

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