[2banana]

U.S. District Judge Lawrence Piersol dismissed the lawsuit and gave both sides until Feb. 9 to reopen the case if settlement talks don't bear fruit.

I don't get it, Indians want to be sovereign nations when it comes to building tax free casinos and selling tax free cigarettes but then want to us the US courts when they feel it will benefit them...

[Protagoras]

I don't get it, Indians want to be sovereign nations when it comes to building tax free casinos and selling tax free cigarettes but then want to us the US courts when they feel it will benefit them...

The treaties were made freely by the US government. The Indians are citizens. The tort took place off reservation. You sue others in the proper venue. If you sue someone in China before your hometown magistrate, how will you get recompense?

That might help you get it.

[fish hawk]

May I say, as an Indian, the US courts are the only courts we have. (except for tribal courts that only handle local petty cases on Tribal Land only) On top of that we have to get the U.S. governments permission to sue them if we have a cause to sue them. Once in the past my tribe had to sue the Government and it took almost 10 years to get on the court calendar, another 10 years to win the case. By the time we got the money most of the people that were sueing were dead. So, as far as I am concerned Go Casinos, make a billion, tax free too.