The Montana Supreme Court reinstated a complaint brought by two oil companies against a mineral company after a lower court improperly found it was entitled to sovereign immunity as an arm of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes.
While stopping short of adopting a bright-line rule of barring an entity incorporated under state law from claiming tribal sovereign immunity, the majority agreed with Lustre Oil Co. and Erehwon Oil & Gas’ contention that the lower court did not properly weigh relevant jurisdictional factors when it concluded that A&S Mineral Development Co. was entitled to sovereign immunity.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
