Big Horn County Electric Cooperative, Inc., Petitioner v. Alden Big Man, et al.

  1. November 08, 2022

    Crow Tribe Tells High Court No Need To Hear Utility Fight

    The Crow Tribe has told the U.S. Supreme Court that the tribal court has jurisdiction over an electric cooperative that serves its reservation and no circuit split exists that would be worthy of the high court's time to review.

  2. July 26, 2022

    Mont. Utility Urges Justices To Curb Tribal Court Authority

    A Montana electric utility has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Ninth Circuit decision that the Crow Tribe's court could handle a suit against the company for disconnecting a tribe member's electric service, arguing that the situation didn't meet an exception to tribes' general lack of civil authority over non-Indian entities.