Don WALTON, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant,
v.
Tesuque PUEBLO; Tesuque Pueblo Flea Market; Marvin Herrera, individually and in his official capacity as Governor of Tesuque Pueblo; Clarence Coriz; Norbert Leno; Michael Albert Vigil; Harold Samuel; Gary Moquino; Allen Duran; Robert Dorame, Jr.; Clifford Moquino, individually and in their official capacities as Tribal Councilors of Tesuque Pueblo; Duane Silva, individually and as an officer of Tesuque Pueblo; Tesuque Tribal Court; Tesuque Tribal Contractors, 1-10, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.
Jicarilla Apache Nation; The Navajo Nation; The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; The Pueblo of Acoma; The Pueblo of Cochiti; The Pueblo of Isleta; The Pueblo of Jemez; The Pueblo of Laguna; The Pueblo of Nambe; The Pueblo of Sandia; The Pueblo of San Juan; The Pueblo of Santa Ana; The Pueblo of Santa Clara; The Pueblo of Santo Domingo; The Pueblo of Zia, Amici Curiae.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 10, 2006.
April 10, 2006.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Thomas C. Bird (David W. Peterson and Melanie L. Frassanito, with him on the briefs), Keleher & McLeod, P.A., Albuquerque, NM, appearing for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.
Eric Treisman, Santa Fe, NM, appearing for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
Wayne H. Bladh, Teresa Leger de Fernandez, Noelle Graney, Nordhaus Law Firm, LLP, Santa Fe, NM, for Amicus Curiae Pueblos of Laguna, Santa Ana, and Santo Domingo, and for the Jicarilla Apache Nation.
Louis Denetsosie, Attorney General, Navajo Nation Department of Justice, Window Rock, AZ, for Amicus Curiae Navajo Nation.
Peter Ortego, General Counsel, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Towaoc, CO, Amicus Curiae for the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.
Ann Berkley Rodgers and Peter C. Chestnut, Chestnut Law Offices, Albuquerque, NM, Amicus Curiae for the Pueblos of Acoma and Nambe.
C. Bryant Rogers and David R. Yepa, Roth Yanamberg Rogers Ortiz Fairbanks & Yepa, LLP, Santa Fe, NM, Amicus Curiae for the Pueblos of Cochiti and Jemez.
Reid Peyton Chambers, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Mielke, LLP, Washington, DC, and David C. Mielke, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Mielke, LLP, Albuquerque, NM, Amicus Curiae for the Pueblos of Isleta, Sandia, and Zia.
Richard W. Hughes, Rothstein, Donatelli, Hughes, Dahlstrom, Schoenburg & Bienvenue, LLP, Santa Fe, NM, Amicus Curiae for the Pueblo of Santa Clara.
Lee Bergen, Bergen Law Offices, LCC, Amicus Curiae for the Pueblo of San Juan.
Before TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge, EBEL, Circuit Judge, and CASSELL, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellee Don Walton brought this suit against Defendants-Appellants Tesuque Pueblo and various tribal officials (collectively, "tribal defendants" or "defendants") alleging violations of state and federal law after the tribe revoked his flea market vendor's permit. The tribal defendants moved to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, claiming sovereign immunity barred the action. The District...
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