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PENOBSCOT NATION v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP.

No. 00-101-B-H.

116 F.Supp.2d 201 (2000)

PENOBSCOT NATION and Passamaquoddy Tribe, Plaintiffs, v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, Great Northern Paper, Inc. and Champion International Corporation, Defendants, and State of Maine, Intervenor.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

September 26, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kaighn Smith, Jr., Melissa A. Hewey, Gregory W. Sample, Drummond, Woodsum & MacMahon, Portland, ME, for Penobscot Nation, plaintiff.

Catherine R. Connors, Matthew D. Manahan, Pierce, Atwood, Portland, ME, for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, defendant.

William R. Stokes, Assistant Attorney General, Augusta, ME, for Maine, State of, intervenor-defendant.

ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION

HORNBY, Chief Judge.

On July 18, 2000, I dismissed the plaintiff Tribes' claims for declaratory and injunctive relief on the basis that, as a result of the well-pleaded complaint rule, there was no federal subject matter jurisdiction under either the general federal question jurisdiction statute, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1331 (West 1993), or the Indian jurisdictional statute, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1362 (West 1993)....

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