Historic agreement between state courts and tribal courts to be signed in Green Bay

From the Wisconsin Court System site:

Under the new system, state court and tribal court judges will temporarily stop actions that are filed in both courts and hold a joint hearing to determine which court should handle the case. If the judges cannot agree, a third judge will be summoned from a pool of state and tribal judges and the arguments will be re-heard until a decision on jurisdiction is reached.

The new system will be in effect in the state’s Ninth Judicial District ...

The signing ceremony will take place as part of the first-ever national conference of federal, state and tribal judges, called Walking on Common Ground, July 27-29, 2005 in Green Bay.