LESPERANCE v. SAULT TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS

Case No. 2:16-cv-232.

259 F.Supp.3d 713 (2017)

Linda L. LESPERANCE, Plaintiff, v. SAULT STE. MARIE TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS, Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Northern Division.

Signed April 27, 2017.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1362
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1362 Indian Tribal Controversy
Nature of Suit: 360 P.I.: Other
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Baron , Law Office of Arthur Baron, Menominee, MI, for Plaintiff.

Mary Massaron , Plunkett Cooney, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Sandra J. Densham , Plunkett Cooney, Grand Rapids, MI, for Defendant.


OPINION

Plaintiff fell and hurt herself in a tribal store. She sued the Tribe in tribal court and lost because the tribal court found that Plaintiff failed to comply with the procedural requirements embedded in the Tribal ordinance waiving sovereign immunity for...

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