A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit that Encana Oil and Gas filed against a tribal judge on the Wind River Indian Reservation. Encana sued John St. Clair, the chief judge of the Shoshone and Arapaho Tribal Court, in February claiming the tribal court had no jurisdiction over the company. The lawsuit followed St. Clair's ruling that Encana must answer a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of a Shoshone man who died after drinking at an Encana drilling site on the reservation. Kimberly D. Varilek is attorney general of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe. She says Judge Alan B. Johnson ruling is a victory for tribal sovereignty. Encana spokesman Randy Teeuwen says the company will appeal.
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