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Hain v. Mullin

Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Indian Law
Counsel appointed under 21 U.S.C. section 848(q)(4)(B) to represent state death row inmates in 28 U.S.C. section 2254 proceedings are authorized by...

Hebert v. Wirick

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Indian Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Dismissal of claims in an action under the Federal Tort Claims Act for reimbursement against the government for a settlement paid in an underlying...

Native Am. Arts, Inc. v. Hartford Cas. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, False Advertising, Indian Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendants-insurers in a coverage dispute brought by plaintiff-assignee alleging a breach of defendants' duty to defend an...

N. Cheyenne Tribe v. Jackson

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Construction, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of an award of attorneys' fees for plaintiffs-tribes in an action to enjoin construction of a shooting range is affirmed since plaintiffs were...

Smith v. Salish Kootenai College

Civil Procedure, Indian Law, Injury & Tort Law
Judgment for defendant pursuant to a jury verdict in tribal court on claims arising out of an automobile accident is affirmed where plaintiff, a...

TOMAC v. Norton

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Gaming Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for agency defendant is affirmed over plaintiffs' meritless claims of error regarding defendant's decision to take certain land into...

US v. Peneaux

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Indian Law
Defendant's conviction for assault and aggravated sexual abuse of a child is affirmed over his claims of error that there was insufficient evidence to...

Means v. Navajo Nation

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Indian Law
An Indian tribe may exercise inherent sovereign judicial power in criminal cases against nonmember Indians for crimes committed on the tribe's...

Wagnon v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

Constitutional Law, Gaming Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Oil and Gas Law, Tax Law, Transportation
Because Kansas- motor fuel tax is a nondiscriminatory tax imposed on an off-reservation transaction between non-Indians, the tax is valid and poses no...

Chacko v. Patuxent Inst.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Indian Law, Labor & Employment Law
A plaintiff in a Title VII employment discrimination suit fails to exhaust his administrative remedies where his administrative charges reference...