US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Opinions Atakapa Indian de Creole Nation v. Louisiana Dockets: 19-30032, 19-30064 Opinion Date: December 10, 2019 Judge: Stuart Kyle Duncan Areas of Law: Civil Procedure Plaintiff, a lawyer who is self-described as a monarch and a deity, brought claims on behalf of an Indian tribe alleging that defendants have, among other misdeeds, monopolized "intergalactic foreign trade." The district court dismissed the action based on sovereign immunity. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal on an alternative basis, holding that plaintiff's claims were frivolous and the district court lacked jurisdiction to entertain them. Read Opinion
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