Jurisdiction
Last updated February 16, 2010
State Has Jurisdiction Through Federal Acts Other Than Public Law 280
- The Alabama and Coushatta Tribes of Texas Restoration Act confers state civil and criminal jurisdiction over reservation - P.L. 100-89, 101 Stat. 670, Aug. 18, 1987, codified at 25 U.S.C. § 731 et seq.
- The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Restoration Act confers state civil and criminal jurisdiction over reservation - P. L. 100–89, title I, § 101, 101 Stat. 666, Aug. 18, 1987, codified at 25 U.S.C. § 1300g et seq.
Legislation
Texas Band of Kickapoo Act, Pub. L. 97–429, § 2, 96 Stat. 2269, Jan. 8, 1983, codified at 25 U.S.C. § 1300b-11 (no mention of state jurisdiction)
Alabama and Coushatta Tribes of Texas Restoration Act, P.L. 100-89, 101 Stat. 670, Aug. 18, 1987, codified at 25 U.S.C. § 731 et seq. (§ 736f confers state civil and criminal jurisdiction over reservation)
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Restoration Act, P. L. 100–89, title I, § 101, 101 Stat. 666, Aug. 18, 1987, codified at 25 U.S.C. § 1300g et seq. (§ 1300g-3 confers state civil and criminal jurisdiction over reservation
Case Law
Garza v. Traditional Kickapoo Tribe, 79 Fed. Appx. 10 (5th Cir. 2003)
(unpublished decision)
Bank One, N.A. v. Shumake, 281 F.3d 507, 511 (5th Cir. 2002)
Texas v. Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo, 220 F. Supp. 2d 668 (D. Tex. 2002)
Comstock Oil & Gas v. Ala. & Coushatta Indian Tribes, 261 F.3d 567 (5th Cir. 2001)
Morgan v. Coushatta Tribe of Indians of La., 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25291 (D. Tex. 2001)
Silva v. Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo, 28 S.W.3d 122 (Tex. Ct. App. 2000)
TTEA v. Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo, 181 F.3d 676 (5th Cir. 1999)
Kickapoo Traditional Tribe v. Chacon, 46 F. Supp. 2d 644 (D. Tex. 1999)
Holguin v. Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo, 954 S.W.2d 843 (Tex. App. 1997)
Yavapai-Apache Tribe v. Mejia, 906 S.W.2d 152 (Tex. App. 1995)
