Iowa Mutual Insurance v. LaPlante

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1987-02-24

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*11 Justice Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner, an Iowa insurance company, brought this action in Federal District Court against members of the Blackfeet Indian Tribe resident on the Tribe’s reservation in Montana. The asserted basis for federal jurisdiction was diversity of citizenship. At the time the action was initiated, proceedings i…

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