(February 2, 2018, 1:53 PM EST) -- SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah federal judge on Jan. 31 declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over an Indian tribe’s attempts to halt a state court lawsuit over breach of contract claims, saying “exceptional circumstances” justify allowing the state court case to continue (Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, et al. v. Honorable Barry G. Lawrence, et al., No. 2:16-cv-00579, D. Utah, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16760)....