Here:
tribal courts
BIA-OJS Training Announcement: Tribal Court Trial Advocacy Training Program (July 2013)
Spirit Lake Tribal Judge Removed in Aftermath of Child’s Death
Here.
Additional Tribal Court Materials in Nooksack Tribal Disenrollment Case — Second Emergency Motion for TRO
Here are the new materials in Lomeli v. Kelly (Nooksack Tribal Ct.):
Second Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order
Defendants’ Response in Opposition to Second Emer Motion for TRO
Reply in Support of Second Emergency Motion for TRO
Tribal Court Order Denying Second TRO Motion re Election
Tribal Court Order Denying Second TRO Re General Special Meetings
Tribal Court Brief in Muscogee (Creek) Nation Tribal Court Jurisdiction Appeal
Here is the appellee brief in Thlopthlocco Tribal Town v. Stidham:
16-Answer brief of Defendant-Appellees
Opening brief here.
Lower court materials here.
N. Dakota SCT Briefs in State Utility Jurisdiction Case Involving Turtle Mountain
Here are the briefs in North Dakota Electric Cooperative Inc. v. North Dakota Public Service Commission:
Nebraska Intervenes in Tribal Liquor Jurisdiction Case Involving Pender, NE Liquor Sellers
Here are the materials in Smith v. Parker (D. Neb.):
DCT Order Granting Nebraska Motion to Intervene
Opposition to Motion to Intervene
Nebraska Reply in Support of Motion to Intervene
Prior posts on this very interesting case are here and here.
DOJ Publishes Notice of VAWA Pilot Program
Here.
Description:
This notice proposes procedures for an Indian tribe to request designation as a participating tribe under section 204 of the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended, on an accelerated basis, pursuant to the voluntary pilot project described in section 908(b)(2) of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (“the Pilot Project”), and also proposes procedures for the Attorney General to act on such a request. This notice also invites public comment on the proposed procedures and solicits preliminary expressions of interest from tribes that may wish to participate in the Pilot Project.
New Oregon Law Review Article on (Tribal) Criminal Jurisdiction and the Nation-State
David Wolitz has published “Criminal Jurisdiction and the Nation-State: Toward Bounded Pluralism” in the Oregon Law Review.
An excerpt:
In this Part, I argue that criminal jurisdiction on tribal lands already reflects major elements of the Bounded Pluralism approach I support, but that criminal justice in Indian Country could be improved if tribes had greater functional jurisdiction and if the federal government had greater supervisory authority to set fundamental-rights constraints on that jurisdiction.
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