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US v. Chee

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Indian Law, Sentencing
A Navajo medicine man's conviction and sentence for aggravated sexual abuse while within Indian country is affirmed over claims that the district...

US v. Taylor

Criminal Law & Procedure, Indian Law
A conviction for assault resulting in serious bodily injury is affirmed where, although a prosecutor commented inappropriately in urging the jury to...

US v. M.R.M.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Indian Law, Juvenile Law, Sentencing
An order committing defendant to official detention until the age of twenty-one, issued after defendant was adjudicated a juvenile delinquent for...

In re: Harper

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Indian Law
In bankruptcy proceedings, judgment for plaintiff-chapter 7 trustee avoiding defendant-credit union's security interest in bankruptcy debtors' truck...

Atwood v. Fort Peck Tribal Court

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Indian Law
In a case involving a custody dispute concerning an Indian child, dismissal of non-Indian father's action challenging a tribal court's jurisdiction...

US v. Lowry

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
When a defendant is charged with occupation of Forest Service land in violation of 36 C.F.R. sections 261.10(b) and (k), an occupant claiming...

State of Wisconsin v. Ho-Chunk Nation

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Gaming Law, Government Contracts, Indian Law
In a suit between the State of Wisconsin and an Indian tribe over the validity of certain provisions in the parties' gaming compact in the wake of...

US v. Gachot

Criminal Law & Procedure, Gaming Law, Indian Law
Defendant's conviction for operating an illegal gambling business, stemming from his involvement in the operation of a cockfighting facility within...

US v. Flying By

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Indian Law, Sentencing
Defendant's convictions and sentence for embezzlement and theft from an Indian tribal organization is affirmed where: 1) where the evidence was...

Burlington N. & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. Vaughn

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law, Transportation
In a railroad's suit against two tribal officials seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against their efforts to enforce or collect the tribe's...