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Upper Mattaponi Tribal Code of Law.

104 Applicable Law.

In the absence of a binding contract to the contrary, the following shall be the choice of laws for all civil matters brought before the Trial Court in order of priority:

(A) Prior decisions of the High Court;

(B) Laws enacted by the Council of the Tribe;

(C) Treaties and Agreements between the Tribe and any other government recognized by the Tribe;

(D) Prior Decisions of the Trial Court;

(E) In the absence of such legal authority as provided above, then the Trial Court and the High Court shall, in their discretion, look for persuasive legal authority from any of: the laws, judicial decisions, rules, or administrative decisions of the United States of America, the laws of any other tribe, any of the fifty states, or of any foreign nation.