Coverage of Day Two of Wisconsin Chippewa Tribes Night Deer Hunting Trial

Wisconsin Public Radio story is here.

Coverage of day one is here.

Coverage of Day One of Wisconsin Chippewa Tribes Night Deer Hunting Trial

Story is here. The trial is scheduled to last a week.

Previous coverage (and links to other related material) is here.

Supreme Court Cert Petition Alleging Montana Interference with Navajo Sovereignty

I think. The petition is a bit confusing. Here is the petition in Butler v. Montana:

Butler v Montana Cert Petition

Question presented (which tells us almost nothing):

The question presented is whether the justice of the peace, presiding over a court of no record, exercised jurisdiction over a sovereign nation in contravention of New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe, 462 U.S. 324, 338, 103 S. Ct. 2378, 2388-89, 76 L. Ed. 2d 611 (1983), and federal statutes conferring jurisdiction solely on the Navajo Nation by preventing Petitioner from hunting in the Navajo Nation.

Lower court decision, State v. Butler, here:

Montana SCT Decision

Apparently, this is an appeal to the Montana court’s order that Butler violated his probation he received for hunting violations in Montana because he went hunting on the Navajo Nation.

Just no.

Judge Crabb Denies Wisconsin Tribes’ Motion to Allow Night Deer Hunting

Here:

crabborder

Briefs, news coverage, etc. is here, here, here, and here.

Wisconsin Chippewa Tribes Wait to Hear Night Deer Hunting Ruling

Here.

Materials here and here.

Wisconsin Night Deer Hunt Hearing to Continue Thursday

Here.

Briefs:

Wisconsin’s Brief and Motion to Strike

Tribes’ Response Brief

Tribes’ Response to Motion to Strike

Previous material is here.

Wisconsin Night Deer Hunting Hearing Set for December 12

The evidentiary hearing on the Wisconsin Tribes’ preliminary injunction motion is set for 12/12/12. Stories are here and here.

Previous post containing the legal documents is here.

Wisconsin Tribes Seek to Enforce Treaty Rights in Night Deer Hunt

News coverage is here and here.

State Motion to Enforce Prohibition on Shining Deer

State Brief in Support of Motion

State Proposed Order

LDF Motion for Preliminary and Permanent Injunction

LDF Preliminary Injunction Memorandum

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R. v. Paul: Cabin Fever In A New Brunswick Provincial Court

In R. v. Paul, a New Brunswick Provincial Court (Woodstock) determined that an aboriginal right to hunt does not necessarily include the right to build a private hunting cabin on Crown lands.

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