Northern States Power Co. v. Prairie Island Mdewakanton Sioux Indian Community
ELR Citation: ELR 20944 No(s). s. 92-1240, -1476 (8th Cir. Apr 14, 1993)
The court holds that the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA) preempts an Indian community's tribal ordinance that regulates shipments of nuclear materials across tribal reservation land, and the district court properly granted a nuclear utility company's motion to enjoin the ordinance. The...