Company’s Fraud, RICO Claims Against Tribe’s Council Barred By Immunity, Judge Says

Mealey's (July 14, 2022, 12:06 PM EDT) -- BISMARCK, N.D. — Although the intratribal dispute doctrine does not apply to protect an Indian tribe’s business council from fraud and racketeering claims leveled by a tribal member’s company that entered into a joint venture with the council to produce aggregates and ready-mix products for sale, the claims are still barred by tribal sovereign immunity, a North Dakota federal judge determined July 11 in granting the council’s motion to dismiss....