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DOLLAR GENERAL CORP. V. MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS
Issue: Tribal Jurisdiction
Court: U.S. Supreme Court
Term: October 2015
Oral Argument: December 7, 2015
Vote: 4-4
Opinion: Per Curiam
Lower Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Question Presented:
Whether Indian tribal courts have jurisdiction to adjudicate civil tort claims against nonmembers, including as a means of regulating the conduct of nonmembers who enter into consensual relationships with a tribe or its members.
RLC's Position:
The RLC filed a brief on the merits in a case where the U.S. Supreme Court will decide when a tribe has jurisdiction over nonmembers doing business on tribal lands. The RLC's brief asks the Court to adopt a simple, workable legal standard to eliminate uncertainty for retailers who provide consumer goods and services and jobs to people living on tribal lands.
Case Outcome:
The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.
Procedural History:
- Dollar General's Petition for Certiorari filed June 2014
- Mississippi Band of Choctaw's Respondent's Brief filed August 2014
- Solicitor General invited to file brief October 2014
- Solicitor General's Brief filed May 2015
- Dollar General's Supplemental Brief filed May 2015
- Petition granted June 2015
- Petitioner's brief filed August 2015
- U.S. Supreme Court Opinion issued July 2016