Indian Tribal Conflict Resolution and Tort Claims and Risk Management Act of 1998: Hearing Before the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, on S. 2097 ... July 15, 1998, Washington DC.U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999 - 348 pages |
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... sovereign immunity . Sovereign immunity , obviously , is meaningful to the tribes . It is not meaningful to insurance compa- nies , and I think that it is - it creates no difference in the outcome , which ideally is that the victim of ...
... sovereign immunity . Sovereign immunity , obviously , is meaningful to the tribes . It is not meaningful to insurance compa- nies , and I think that it is - it creates no difference in the outcome , which ideally is that the victim of ...
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... sovereign immunity for tribal nations , just as State governments , city governments and Federal Govern- ments have in certain instances waived their immunity from suits for certain instances . I applaud the Senator from Colorado for ...
... sovereign immunity for tribal nations , just as State governments , city governments and Federal Govern- ments have in certain instances waived their immunity from suits for certain instances . I applaud the Senator from Colorado for ...
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... sovereign immunity when a claim is made . If the insurance company forces a tribe to claim sovereign immunity , I don't know what the tribe is paying the pre- mium for because that means they're walking away . Then it's legal insurance ...
... sovereign immunity when a claim is made . If the insurance company forces a tribe to claim sovereign immunity , I don't know what the tribe is paying the pre- mium for because that means they're walking away . Then it's legal insurance ...
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... sovereign im- munity issue was to play out , but what they told us when we met with them in our site visits was that they routinely asserted the tribes ' sovereign immunity as a way to defeat every claim legiti- mate or not . When we ...
... sovereign im- munity issue was to play out , but what they told us when we met with them in our site visits was that they routinely asserted the tribes ' sovereign immunity as a way to defeat every claim legiti- mate or not . When we ...
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... immunity to protect their official actions from undue judicial in- terference . For this reason , I do not think it is prudent for us to impose across the board limits on tribal sovereign immunity from suit . The bill we are considering ...
... immunity to protect their official actions from undue judicial in- terference . For this reason , I do not think it is prudent for us to impose across the board limits on tribal sovereign immunity from suit . The bill we are considering ...
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