An article on Justice Stevens here.
And an article on attacks on law school clinics here.
Month: April 2010
Osage Nation Petition for Rehearing Reservation Disestablishment Case
Here: Osage Petition for Rehearing
Earlier materials are here.
Wolfchild Petition Stage Briefing Complete
Here is the petitioner’s reply: Wolfchild Reply in Support of Petition
Earlier briefs are here.
Tribe Loses Summary Judgment Motions in Chehalis Great Wolf Lodge Case
DCT Affirms Tribal Authority to Impose Consecutive Sentences More than One Year
Here is the order in Bustamante v. Valenzuela: Bustamante Order.
The district court judge rejected a magistrate recommendation (here).
Tenth Circuit Holds that ERISA Applies Retroactively to Indian Tribes
At issue in Dobbs v. Anthem BCBS is whether 2006 Amendments to ERISA that incorporate Indian tribal government retirement plans apply retroactively to the Southern Ute Tribe plan. The CA10 remanded to determine whether Southern Ute’s plan is a “governmental plan.”
Here are the materials:
Arctic Slope Native Assn. v. Sebelius Cert Petition
Here: Arctic Slope Cert Petition (and with the Appendix — Arctic Slope Cert Pet & App)
And the Federal Circuit decision: Federal Circuit Opinion
Question presented (I’m so happy when there’s only one):
Whether, contrary to the decisions of three other Circuits and this Court’s precedents, the Federal Circuit erred in holding that the filing of a class action against the government does not toll the deadline for asserted class members to exhaust their administrative remedies.
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