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Some tribes disagree with state Supreme Court ruling

 
By The Associated Press | Published: February 8, 2008    Comment on this article Leave a comment

TULSA, Okla. -- Some American Indian tribes that operate casinos in Oklahoma disagree with an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling in a lawsuit against a tribe that claims a woman's injuries were caused when an intoxicated casino patron crashed into her.

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By a 7-2 vote Tuesday, the Supreme Court overturned previous rulings by a Pottawatomie County district judge and the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals. Both of the lower courts had dismissed the case based on tribal sovereign immunity.

The lawsuit stems from an April 2004 car accident along State Highway 9 in Pottawatomie County in which Little Axe teacher Shatona Bittle was seriously injured. Bittle's attorneys argued the driver who caused the crash, Valentine Bahe, had been drinking at the nearby Thunderbird Casino, which is owned by the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma.

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