Archive for Month: June

New Anishinaabe Student Scholarship on International Atrocity Crimes and Canadian Boarding Schools

Alyssa Couchie has published “ReBraiding Frayed Sweetgrass for Niijaansinaanik: Understanding Canadian Indigenous Child Welfare Issues as International Atrocity Crimes” in the Michigan Journal of International

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California COA Rejects Effort to Force Release of Gaming Funds through Attorney’s Lien

Here are the materials in Corrales v. California Gambling Control Commission: Unpublished Opinion.PDFDownload Jaune Smith Briefs: Corrales Opening Brief.pdfDownload State Brief.pdfDownload Corrales Reply.pdfDownload

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Eighth Circuit Shows Against Why FTCA’s Discretionary Function Exception Should Be Canned

Here is the cursory, bloodless opinion in Mound v. United States. Briefs here. Lower court materials here. An excerpt: In 2014, the Tribe identified a culvert—a

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Virginia Federal Court Dismisses Suit over Monacan Intra-Tribal Political Dispute

Here are the materials in Brooks v. Burnham (W.D. Va.): 19 Amended Complaint.pdfDownload 26 Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload 30 Opposition.pdfDownload 31 Reply.pdfDownload 49 Defendants Supplemental Brief.pdfDownload

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