25 U.S.C. § 477
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cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1966–2026 · leading case: Amerind Risk Mgmt. v. Myrna Malaterre, 633 F.3d 680 (8th Cir. 2011).
Amerind Risk Mgmt. v. Myrna Malaterre, 633 F.3d 680 (8th Cir. 2011). “Malaterre 2 25 U.S.C. § 477 provides: The Secretary of the Interior may, upon petition by any tribe, issue a charter of incorporation to such tribe: Provided, That such charter shall not become operative until ratified by the governing body of such tribe.”
Atkinson v. Haldane, 569 P.2d 151 (Alaska 1977). “988 , 25 U.S.C. § 477 . That document contains a "sue and be sued" clause.”
World Fuel Servs. v. Nambe Pueblo Dev., 362 F. Supp. 3d 1021 (D.N.M. 2019). “is a "federally chartered corporation organized under the laws of the United States, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. § 477 , with its principal place of business located in Santa Fe, New Mexico.”
Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe, 455 U.S. 130 (1982). “988 , 25 U. S. C. § 477 , which permits the Secretary to issue to an Indian tribe a charter of incorporation that may give the tribe the power to purchase, manage, operate, and dispose of its property.”
Narragansett Tribe of Indians v. S. Rhode Island Land Dev. Corp., 418 F. Supp. 798 (D.R.I. 1976). “Second, defendants contend that only a tribe incorporated pursuant to federal law, 25 U.S.C. § 477 , would be able to raise a claimed violation of the Act, whose coverage, it is asserted, extends only to tribes which have been formally and specifically recognized by the federal…”
Memphis Biofuels, LLC v. Chickasaw Nation Indus., Inc., 585 F.3d 917 (6th Cir. 2009). “Section 17 of the IRA, 25 U.S.C. § 477 , allows for a tribe to incorporate; thus, tribes incorporated under the IRA or OIWA are called Section 17 corporations.”
Breakthrough Mgmt. Grp., Inc. v. Chukchansi Gold Casino & Resort, 629 F.3d 1173 (10th Cir. 2010). “In advocating against the application of Native American Distributing at oral argument, BMG attempted to distinguish between the types of entities created by tribes — on the one hand, those created under tribal law, and, on the other hand, those created under Section 17 of the…”
MMMG, LLC & Mobile Mike Promotions, Inc. v. Seminole Tribe of Florida, Inc., d/b/a Tribe, Inc., Tony Sanchez, Jr., etc., 196 So. 3d 438 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016). “25 U.S.C. § 477 (2012). Notably, this section does not address sovereign immunity.”
Parker Drilling Co. v. Metlakatla Indian Cmty., 451 F. Supp. 1127 (D. Alaska 1978). “Plaintiff has asserted that the Annette Island Airport is owned by the Metlakatla Indian Community in its capacity as an Indian corporation organized pursuant to § 17 of the Indian Reorganization Act, 25 U.S.C. § 477 . 2 Plaintiff further alleges that Annette Aviation is owned…”
Am. Vantage Companies, Inc. v. Table Mountain Rancheria, 292 F.3d 1091 (9th Cir. 2002). “An Indian tribe may incorporate or charter a corporation using one of two methods: it can incorporate under section 17 of the Indian Reorganization Act, 25 U.S.C. § 477 , or it can become a corporation pursuant to its own tribal laws.”
Twenty-Nine Palms Enter. Corp. v. Bardos, 210 Cal. App. 4th 1435 (Cal. Ct. App. 2012). “( 25 U.S.C. § 477 .) Palms owns and operates the Spotlight 29 Casino (the casino).”
Sue/Perior Concrete & Paving, Inc. v. Lewiston Glof Course Corp., 25 N.E.3d 928 (NY 2014). “, 585 F3d 917, 921 [6th Cir 2009] [tribal conglomerate was an arm of the Tribe; incorporating under 25 USC § 477 , i.e. a Section 17 corporation, did not automatically waive tribal sovereign immunity]; Koscielak v Stockbridge-Munsee Community, 340 Wis 2d 409, 418 [2012] [golf…”
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