Judge Dismisses City Attorney’s Declaratory Suit Against Ute Tribal Court

Mealey's (February 1, 2018, 1:08 PM EST) -- SALT LAKE CITY — An attorney for a Utah city lost his attempt to have a tribal court stop summoning him into court whenever a tribal member has an issue with the attorney’s official work for the city, with his federal court lawsuit being dismissed for lack of jurisdiction Jan. 29 (Grant Charles v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, et al., No. 2:17-cv-00321, D. Utah, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14455)....