MEYER & ASSOC. v. COUSHATTA TRIBE OF LOUIS.

No. CW 2006-1542.

965 So.2d 930 (2007)

MEYER & ASSOCIATES, INC. v. COUSHATTA TRIBE OF LOUISIANA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 24, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmy R. Faircloth, Jr., Faircloth, Vilar & Elliott, LLC, Alexandria, Louisiana, for Defendant/Applicant, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana.

Richard P. Ieyoub, James E. Moore, Jr., Couhig Partners, LLP, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Plaintiff/Respondent, Meyer & Associates, Inc.

Lynn H. Slade, Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, PA, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Plaintiff/Respondent, Meyer & Associates, Inc.

Court composed of MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, GLENN B. GREMILLION, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.


SULLIVAN, Judge.

In this writ application, the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana (Coushatta) urges that the trial court erred in determining that it had subject matter jurisdiction in this matter and that its Tribal Court, not the trial court, should determine whether the Tribal Council's Chairman and/or his designee had authority to waive Coushatta's sovereign immunity in a series of contractual agreements. For the following...

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