Here are the materials in Labatte v. United States (Fed. Cl.):
Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Have Any Indians Served on a Federal Criminal Jury, Ever?
Three Indians were struck from the jury during voir dire in United States v. Harding, including one who was struck because he was struck in a prior case. And that’s okay under federal law, apparently:
The prosecutor gave these reasons for the strikes: He said that Lacroix worked with Harding at Dakota Paneling, where Lacroix was a supervisor, and that Lacroix knew Harding. He stated that Cottier was a registered nurse and was a member of a venire in the recent case of United States v. High Wolf. In response to questions from the court, the prosecutor clarified that Cottier had been excused from service in High Wolf, and that the prosecutor was drawing on Cottier’s responses during voir dire in the past.
Tenth Circuit Denies Utility/Pipeline Company En Banc Petition; Cert Petition Likely; Trump Admin. May Change Position on Case to Appease Pipeline Company
Here are the materials in Public Service Company of New Mexico v. Barboan:
Transwestern Pipeline Company Amicus Brief
Prior posts here.
“Sault Tribe’s trust land application denied for Lansing casino”
Here.
If anyone has the denial letter, please send it along.
Here it is. And here:
2017-07-24 DOI Cason ltr to Sault Ste. Marie denying mandatory trust acqn
Federal Court Holds Leonard Peltier Defamation Suit against Former FBI Agents Who Can’t Let It Go and Don’t Like Peltier’s Art is a SLAPP Suit and Must Be Dismissed
Here are the materials in Peltier v. Sacks (W.D. Wash.):
Federal Court Orders Mushroom Company to Keep Exhausting Tribal Remedies [updated]
Here are the materials in Rincon Mushroom Corporation of America v. Mazzetti (S.D. Cal.):
Prior posts here.
UPDATE:
Lawrence Roberts: “DOI Actions Underscore Need For Tribal Consultation”
Here.
High Country News: “Under Trump, tribal land ownership is not a priority”
Here.
GAO Report on Human Trafficking in Indian Country
The General Accounting Office has published a report, HUMAN TRAFFICKING:Â Information on Cases in Indian Country or that Involved Native Americans.
National Indian Law Library Bulletin (7/21/2017)
Here:
The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 7/21/17.
U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2016-2017update.html
Petitions for certiorari recently were filed in the following featured cases:
Coachella Valley Water District v. Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (Federal Reserved Water Right – Groundwater)
Desert Water Agency v. Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (Federal Reserved Water right – Groundwater)
Hackford v. Utah (Reservation Diminishment; Definition of Indian Country; Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction)
Williams v. Poarch Band of Creek Indians (Employment; Trival Sovereign Immunity)
U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2017.html
Bishop Paiute Tribe v. Inyo County (Tribal Law Enforcement)
Northern New Mexicans Protecting Land, Water, and Rights v. United States of America (Right of Way – Trespass)
Pueblo of Pojoaque v. State of New Mexico (Tribal State Compacts)
Norton v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation (Jurisdiction, Trespass)
United States ex rel. Cain v. Salish Kootenai College, Inc. (Tribal Colleges – False Claims Act)
Navajo Nation v. San Juan County (Election Districts – Gerrymandering)
Ramah Navajo Chapter v. Jewell (Official Tribal Government)
Tribal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2017.html
Colebut v. Colebut (Negligence – Trip and Fall)
News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Health & Welfare section, read about possible U.S. legislative impacts on health care in Indian Country.
Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2017.html
The following articles were added:
Tribal sovereign immunity from preference claims.
The Master’s tools: Tribal sovereignty and tribal self-governance contraction/compacting.
No connection: The issue of Internet on the Reservation.
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v. BNSF Railway Co. and its effect on litigation challenging BIA’s new rights-of-way regulations.
Making it work: Tribal innovation, State reaction, and the future of tribes as regulatory laboratories.
Traditional ecological disclosure: How the Freedom of Information Act frustrates tribal natural resource consultation with Federal agencies.
U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bills were added:
S.1593: A bill to provide grants to States and Indian tribes to reform their criminal justice system to encourage the replacement of the use of payment of secured money bail as a condition of pretrial release in criminal cases, and for other purposes.
H.R.3211: Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2017.
U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2017.html
We feature notices from the Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding land acquistions for both the Chickasaw and Cherokee Nations.
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