Tag: Jurisdiction
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Via TurtleTalk: Supreme Court Oral Argument Transcript in Dollar General
Transcript available here. Here are some interesting passages: Justice Sotamayor (questioning counsel for Dollar General at p 10): States appoint judges. Sometimes they’re elected, but often they’re appointed. We don’t think it lacks being a neutral forum because the State can sue a citizen there. We think of it as neutral because the judges are neutral.…
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Ninth Circuit Oral Argument in Window Rock Unified School District v. Nez (Formerly Reeves)
From Turtle Talk, here. Here is the oral argument link, and briefs and lower court materials here.
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Eighth Circuit Decides Tribes Do Not Have Jurisdiction Over Public Schools
From Turtle Talk, here. In both cases, the court concluded that the tribal courts did not have jurisdiction over tort claims brought against public schools in tribal court. Here is the opinion in Belcourt Public School District v. Davis. Briefs are here. Here is the opinion in Fort Yates Public School District No. 4 v.…