ELR Citation: ELR 21286
No(s). 92-35206 (9th Cir. Jul 27, 1994)

The court holds that §1811(c) of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA) expressly waives Native American tribes' sovereign immunity from a utility's suit in federal court claiming that the HMTA preempts a tribal resolution banning the shipment of spent nuclear fuel across the Fort Hall I...