Indian Law Bulletins  |  News  |  Archives  |  2008 Tribal Jurisdiction

• • Civil jurisdiction at issue in key Supreme Court case (Indian Country Today) 4/21/08

• • Supreme Court to hear jurisdiction case (Indianz.com) 4/14/08

• • DOJ to join argument in tribal court jurisdiction case (Indianz.com) 4/3/08

• • Bush brief backs tribal court jurisdiction (Indianz.com) 3/24/08

• • Plain and simple: The Supreme Court could foreclose Tribal Court civil jurisdiction over non-Indians (Williams Kastner Indian Legal Alert) 3/18/08

• • Tribal police may get new power over non-tribal residents (The News Tribune) 3/17/08

• • Federal judge says tribal courts can supervise child adoptions (Anchorage Daily News) 3/11/08

• • Judging civil liability using "values, mores, and norms" (Town Hall) 3/1/08

• • Supreme Court will rule on Narragansett dispute with Rhode Island (The Boston Globe) 2/25/08

• • Proposal to extend tribal jurisdiction raises boundary issue (Lincoln Journal Star) 2/19/08

• • Supreme Court won't hear jurisdiction case (Indianz.com) 2/19/08

• • Pender, business owners file complaint in tribal court (Sioux City Journal) 1/9/08

• • Supreme Court agrees to hear tribal jurisdiction case (Indianz.com) 1/8/08

• • Osage Nation's lawsuit over state income tax exemptions may proceed (Indian Country Today) 1/7/08

• • Tribes escape smoking limits (The Durango Herald) 1/7/08

 

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