SIPP v. BUFFALO THUNDER, INC.

No. S-1-SC-39169.

2024-NMSC-005

JEREMIAH SIPP a/k/a SAGE RADER, and HELLA RADER, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. BUFFALO THUNDER, INC.; BUFFALO THUNDER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; PUEBLO OF POJOAQUE; PUEBLO OF POJOAQUE GAMING COMMISSION; and POJOAQUE GAMING, INC., Defendants-Petitioners.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

January 16, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rey-Bear McLaughlin, LLP Daniel I.S.J. Rey-Bear , Timothy H. McLaughlin , Spokane, WA, for Petitioners.

Valdez and White Law Firm, LLC, Timothy L. White , Albuquerque, NM, for Respondents.

Rothstein Donatelli, LLP, Richard W. Hughes, Donna M. Connolly, Santa Fe, NM, for Amici Curiae Pueblos of Santa Ana and Santa Clara.

Chestnut Law Offices, P.A. Ann Berkley Rodgers, Albuquerque, NM, for Amicus Curiae Pueblo of Acoma.

VanAmberg, Rogers, Yepa, Abeita, Gomez & Wilkinson, LLP, C. Bryant Rogers, David T. Gomez, Santa Fe, NM, for Amicus Curiae Taos Pueblo.

Pueblo of Laguna, James M. Burson, Laguna, NM, for Amicus Curiae Pueblo of Laguna

Pueblo of Sandia Steffani A. Cochran, Bernalillo, NM, for Amicus Curiae Pueblo of Sandia

Frye & Kelly, P.C. Paul E. Frye, Albuquerque, NM for Amicus Curiae Ohkay Owingeh

Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Mielke & Brownell, LLP, David C. Mielke, Albuquerque, NM, for Amici Curiae Pueblo of Isleta and San Felipe Enterprises.

Laguna Development Corporation, Leander Bergen, Alicia Sanasac, Albuquerque, NM, for Amicus Curiae Laguna Development Corporation.

Michael B. Browde, David J. Stout, Albuquerque, NM, for Amicus Curiae New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association.


OPINION

{1} The instant case requires us to determine whether the jurisdiction shifting from tribal court to state court authorized under Section 8(A) ("Policy Concerning Protection of Visitors") of New Mexico's Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact (the Compact)1

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