Board members of a Crow Tribe-run health center have urged a Montana federal judge to toss a nurse's suit against them, saying her claims that they conspired to fire her in retaliation for reporting incidents of sexual assault didn't amount to a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act violation.
Federal attorneys struck back Wednesday at a Crow Tribe-run health center's attempt to drag the federal government into its defense against a nurse's wrongful termination suit, telling a Montana federal judge that the government had no authority to take over tribal contractors' defense.