4.4.1.050 Jurisidiction

(a) The Trial Court shall have original jurisdiction extending to all cases, matters or controversies arising under and as may be limited by the Agreement, laws, ordinances, regulations, customs and judicial decisions of the Pueblo.

(b) The Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction to hear all appeals from the Trial Court, but the Supreme Court shall have discretion as to which cases to accept. Decisions of the Supreme Court on all matters within its appellate jurisdiction shall be final.

(c) Sovereign Immunity: The Jurisdiction of the Trial Court and Supreme Court shall not extend to any action against the Pueblo or its officials unless the sovereign immunity of the Pueblo has been explicitly and unequivocally waived by the Council in accordance with the requirements of the Agreement.

(d) Reciprocity of Decisions: The Trial Court and Supreme Court shall enforce the judgments decrees, orders, warrants, subpoenas, records, and other judicial acts of foreign courts; and such process from foreign courts shall be presumed valid by the Trial Court and Supreme Court unless an objecting party demonstrates that (1) the foreign court lacked personal or subject-matter jurisdiction, or (2) the judgment, decree, warrant, subpoena, record, or other judicial act of the court (a) was obtained by fraud, duress, or coercion, (b) was obtained without fair notice or a fair hearing, (c) is repugnant to the public policy of the Pueblo, or (d) is not final under the laws and procedure of the foreign court: provided that:

(1) The foreign court, in the view of the Trial Court or Supreme Court, has provided or will provide reciprocal enforcement of Trial Court or Supreme Court judgments, decrees, orders, warrants, subpoenas, records, and other judicial acts.

(2) This section does not apply to judgments or orders that federal law requires be given Full Faith and Credit.