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Things heat up on page 10 when attorneys call as a witness Professor Brian Fitzpatrick of Vanderbilt Law School to convince the court that 8.5% in attorney’s fees is fair when the Lodestar method would have awarded slightly less. Ramah Class was awarded $940 million so that means $79 million will be fees. Since class counsel spent just under 20,000 hours on the case the rate comes out to just under $4k/hour. The court didn’t conduct its own Lodestar check.

SCOTUS Denies Cert in NAGPRA Petition

January 25, 2016Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here is the order list.

Here is the petition in White v. Regents of the University of California.

Village of Whiteboro to Change Village Seal

January 23, 2016Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here is the report from the NYTs.

Thank you Daily Show!

Militants bulldoze through Native American archeological site, share video rifling through artifacts

January 21, 2016January 22, 2016Teresa Walrod1 Comment

From Daily Kos:

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed Thursday that not only is the road built last week by the occupiers new, but it is also within an archaeological site important to the Burns Paiute Tribe.

Story HERE.

Previous articles HERE and HERE.

4,000 artifacts stored at Oregon refuge held by armed group

January 20, 2016Teresa Walrod2 Comments

From the AP:

“Thousands of archaeological artifacts — and maps detailing where more can be found — are kept inside the national wildlife refuge buildings currently being held by an armed group of protestors angry over federal land policy.”

Article is HERE.