North Dakota Top Court: Contempt For Non-Return Of Trucks On Tribal Land Proper

Mealey's (May 11, 2018, 12:51 PM EDT) -- BISMARCK, N.D. — A business can be held in contempt of a state court order to return leased trucks to the company that leased them, even though the trucks were rented by a Native American and are on a tribe’s reservation, because the lessee consented to the court’s jurisdiction, the North Dakota Supreme Court held May 8 (Kettle Butte Trucking LLC v. Steven A. Kelly, et al., No. 20170350, N.D. Sup., 2018 N.D. LEXIS 113)....

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