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Public Law 83-280, 28 USC § 1360 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Section 1360 represents primary expression of federal policy governing assumption by states of civil and criminal jurisdiction over Indian nations, and is intended to replace ad hoc regulation of state jurisdiction over Indian country with general legislation providing for all affected states to come within its terms. |
 | | Act from which 28 USCS § 1360 was derived is not present grant of jurisdiction, and, until state has acted to assume jurisdiction as specified therein, it has no jurisdiction of civil suits between reservation Indians for torts arising within reservation. |
 | | Pursuant to 28 USCS § 1360, California court has jurisdiction over action seeking judicial declaration that corporation formed by Hoopa Valley Indian Tribe, for purposes including propagation, processing, and sale of timber, is obligated to indemnify plaintiff against imposition of timber yield tax by State of California on logs plaintiff purchased from corporation. |
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