NORD v. KELLY

No. 07-1564.

520 F.3d 848 (2008)

Chad Dennis NORD; Dennis Nord, d/b/a Nord Trucking, Appellees, v. Donald Michael KELLY; Red Lake Nation Tribal Court, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 4, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas John Peckham, argued, Alan R. Taradash, Doreen N. Hobson, Rodina C. Cave, Jennifer J. Dumas, on the brief, Albuquerque, NM, Gary M. Hazelton, Bemidji, MN, on the brief, for Appellants.

Roger Herbert Gross, argued, Timothy J. Crocker, on the brief, Minneapolis, MN, Charles R. Powell, Bemidji, MN, on the brief, for Appellees.

Before MURPHY, HANSEN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.


HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Donald Michael Kelly and the Red Lake Nation Tribal Court ("Tribal Court") appeal the district court's1 grant of summary judgment to Chad Dennis Nord and his father Dennis Nord, doing business as Nord Trucking (collectively, "the Nords") in this declaratory judgment action. The district court determined that the Tribal Court lacked jurisdiction over a suit against a non-Indian, nonmember of the Tribe arising from...

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