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DEVILS LAKE SIOUX INDIAN TRIBE v. N.D. PUB. SERV.

Nos. A1-90-179, A2-90-176, A2-90-196, A1-92-049 and A1-92-065.

896 F.Supp. 955 (1995)

DEVILS LAKE SIOUX INDIAN TRIBE, a Federally Recognized Indian Tribe, Plaintiff, v. NORTH DAKOTA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, et al., Defendants. BAKER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., a North Dakota Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Plaintiff, v. Joseph CHASKE, et al., Defendants. SHEYENNE VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., Plaintiff, v. DEVILS LAKE SIOUX INDIAN TRIBE, et al., Defendants. SHEYENNE VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., Plaintiff, v. OTTER TAIL POWER COMPANY, Defendant. OTTER TAIL POWER COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. Bruce HAGEN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. North Dakota, Northeastern Division.

January 10, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry M. Baer, Ackre & Baer, Ctd., Cando, ND, for Baker Elec. Co-op., Inc.

Philip Baker-Shenk, Pirtle, Morisset, Schlosser & Ayer, Washington, DC, Robert L. Pirtle, Pirtle, Morisset, Schlosser & Ayer, Seattle, WA, Warren Sogard, Fargo, ND, for Joseph Chaske, Myra Pearson, Oliver Gord, Sr., Merrill Berg, Harold McGowan.

Philip Baker-Shenk, Pirtle, Morisset, Schlosser & Ayer, Washington, DC, Robert L. Pirtle, Pirtle, Morisset, Schlosser & Ayer, Seattle, WA, Warren Sogard, Mason D. Morisset, Morisset Schlosser Ayer & Jozwiak, Seattle, WA, for Devils Lake Sioux Tribe Tribal Utilities Com'n.

Philip Baker-Shenk, Pirtle, Morisset, Schlosser & Ayer, Washington, DC, Robert L. Pirtle, Pirtle, Morisset, Schlosser & Ayer, Seattle, WA, Mason D. Morisset, Morisset Schlosser Ayer & Jozwiak, Seattle, WA, for Devils Lake Sioux Indian Tribe.

William W. Binek, Charles M. Carvell, Bismarck, ND, for N.D. Public Service Com'n, Leo M. Reinbold, Dale V. Sandstrom, Bruce Hagen, State of North Dakota.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CONMY, District Judge.

The above captioned actions involve one ripe issue and one rather esoteric question of tribal sovereignty. The ripe issue involves the right to provide electrical service to several tribal owned businesses or facilities. In an earlier opinion, this court determined that the Tribal Government had the inherent sovereign power to decide which utility supplier to patronize and to do so without regard to the North Dakota...

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