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HOOVER v. KIOWA TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA

No. 78185.

909 P.2d 59 (1995)

Robert M. HOOVER, Jr., Appellant, v. KIOWA TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA, an Indian Nation, J.T. Goombi, Leonard Anquoe, Maimie Bohay, Allene Woodward, George Tahbone and Charles Hines, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

December 12, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Robinson, Shirk, Work, Robinson & Work, P.C., Oklahoma City, for Appellant.

Nathan H. Young III, Tahlequah, for Appellees.

ALMA WILSON, Chief Justice:

The issue is whether a contract between an Indian tribe and a non-Indian is enforceable in state court when the contract is executed outside of Indian Country. We hold that it is enforceable.

FACTS

On April 3, 1990, the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, represented by the individuals named in Hoover's complaint,1 made, executed and delivered to Robert...

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