Nisqually injunction denied
(WASHINGTON) -- The Nisqually Indian Tribe is unlikely to win its claim that Gov. Chris Gregoire struck an illegal deal to allow cigarette sales at Frank's Landing, a small Indian community outside the tribe's reservation, a judge said Thursday.
Tulalip Tribes to collect child support
(WASHINGTON) -- The Tulalip Tribes plan to begin collecting child support on behalf of tribal children next year. When they do, even parents who are not Tulalip tribal members should expect to pay up, said Catherine Bryan of the National Tribal Justice Resource Center, a Colorado-based tribal law advocacy center.
Man who killed eagle loses ruling
(WYOMING) -- A member of the Northern Arapaho Tribe who killed a bald eagle for use in his tribe's Sun Dance in 2005 must stand trial, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
Tribal police cleared
(SOUTH DAKOTA) -- A federal judge has cleared tribal police in the chase of a man who crashed his car on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and later died.
Tribal courts conference in Redding
(CALIFORNIA) -- Redding Rancheria Tribal Government will host the 2008 California Indian Legal Services Tribal Courts conference May 8 and 9, at the Redding Rancheria Community Center, behind Win-River Casino.
McCain Says He Would Put Conservatives on Supreme Court
(NORTH CAROLINA) -- Highlighting an issue he plans to use aggressively in the general election campaign, Sen. John McCain on Tuesday decried "the common and systematic abuse of our federal courts by the people we entrust with judicial power" and pledged to nominate judges similar to the ones President Bush has placed on the bench.
Hog farm developers to go to federal court
(SOUTH DAKOTA) -- The case of a large-scale hog farm west of Wagner will be in federal court again next week, but this time it will be courtesy of the hog farm developers, the attorney for Long View Farm says.
McCain Assures Conservatives of His Stance on Judges
(NORTH CAROLINA) -- Senator John McCain reached out to conservatives on Tuesday by vowing to appoint judges he characterized as strictly faithful to the Constitution and who did not engage in what Mr. McCain condemned as “the common and systemic abuse of our federal courts.”
Judge dismisses discrimination suit against state
(NEBRASKA) -- A federal judge has ruled with the Nebraska Health and Human Services System and the owners of Chadron mobile home park in a civil lawsuit that alleged they provided substandard housing to Native tenants based on race.
Judge calls tribe a sham, throws out legal claims
(UTAH) -- Dale Nolan Stevens, of Vernal, claims to be the chief of the Wampanoag Nation - formed during a meeting at an Arby's restaurant. Thomas Smith, a St. George resident who also goes by the name War Hawk...
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