Federal prosecutor to be added in South Dakota
(SOUTH DAKOTA) -- The U.S. attorney is getting another prosecutor in South Dakota. Marty Jackley says there were 128 requests for extra prosecutors across the country, and his office is one of 43 to get another assistant U.S. attorney.
Tribal trial ties whalers to federal sentence terms
(WASHINGTON) -- Five men who killed a gray whale on Sept. 8 received deferred prosecution Wednesday from the Makah Tribal Court. All five must abide for a year by conditions that will be set June 30 in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, where they either have pleaded guilty or have been found guilty of federal misdemeanors.
Tribal trial angers animal advocates
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- It's not just the one whale that died off Neah Bay on Sept. 8. It's not even the maximum five whales the Makah propose to kill annually if they receive a waiver from the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Solicitor General Clement Says He Will Step Down
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Solicitor General Paul D. Clement, a key advocate in court for the administration's counterterrorism policies, will resign from the Justice Department in early June, the department announced yesterday.
Music download case may be retried
(MINNESOTA) -- A Minnesota woman ordered to pay $222,000 in the nation's first music download trial may get another chance with a jury.
ICT EDITORIAL: Fatal flaws in Public Law 280
(NEW YORK) -- A May 12 gunfight that left two Native people dead in southern California is the most recent of six shootings involving local police and members of the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians.
Appeals court rejects Chief Illiniwek suits
(ILLINOIS) -- A state appellate court has upheld the dismissals of a pair of lawsuits that claimed the University of Illinois broke state law when it eliminated its controversial Chief Illiniwek mascot.
Noted lawyer hired in bison case
(COLORADO) -- An Austin, Texas, businessman who faces charges that he killed at least two bison and set in motion events that caused the death of 30 others has hired one of Colorado's most successful lawyers to represent him.
Lawyer criticizes appeals court decision in eagle case
(WYOMING) -- A specialist in American Indian law says a federal court ruling in the case of a Wyoming man who shot a bald eagle for use in his tribe's Sun Dance follows a pattern of decisions that profess respect for American Indian religion while punishing individual tribal members.
Justices’ Conflicts Halt Apartheid Appeal
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Financial and personal conflicts of interest affecting four Supreme Court justices left the court without a quorum last week and unable to decide whether to hear an appeal brought by more than 50 companies that did business in apartheid-era South Africa.
Mining challenge goes to court
(ARIZONA) -- The Navajo communities of Crownpoint and Churchrock, with the assistance of the New Mexico Environmental Law Center and others, are headed to court today over proposed uranium mining by Hydro Resources Inc. in the checkerboard area of Eastern Navajo Agency.
Supreme Court turns down Blue Lake Rancheria case
(CALIFORNIA) -- The United States Supreme Court denied Monday a request to review a lawsuit between the Blue Lake Rancheria and a Sacramento area resident regarding her home after lower courts threw out the case citing tribal sovereignty.
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