Opinion ID: 1438862
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Heading: State Court Action to Confirm Arbitration Award

Text: On January 29, 2007, the day of the final arbitration award, C & W filed an action in South Dakota state court to confirm the award. The action was filed pursuant to South Dakota's Uniform Arbitration Act, S.D.C.L. § 21-25A et. seq. The Tribe was served on February 26, 2007. When the Tribe declined to answer, C & W moved for default judgment. The Tribe, having opted against answering, defaulted; judgment was entered, on May 29, 2007. C & W sought to collect its state court judgment by obtaining executions on Oglala Sioux property located in South Dakota's Hughes and Fall River Counties. On July 10, 2007, the Tribe moved the state court to quash the executions. The action to quash ended on September 28, 2007, however, when the federal court issued the injunction presently before us.