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GRIFFITH v. CHOCTAW CASINO OF POCOLA

No. 104,887.

230 P.3d 488 (2009)

2009 OK 51

Dorothy GRIFFITH, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. CHOCTAW CASINO OF POCOLA, Oklahoma, and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Defendants/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied April 12, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eddie A. McCroskey, Poteau, OK, for plaintiff/appellant.

Eric D. Janzen and Brett D. Cable, McAlester, OK, for defendants/appellees.

PER CURIAM.

¶ 1 One question is presented in this appeal: Is the state district court a court of competent jurisdiction as used in the gaming compact between the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and the State of Oklahoma such that the district court may exercise jurisdiction over this Indian-country arising negligence action filed by a casino patron against the Choctaw tribe and its casino? We answer in the affirmative.

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