Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Indian Law : From 10/01/02 To 07/01/03
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Indian Law |
| Title: | INYO COUNTY v. PAIUTE-SHOSHONE INDIANS OF THE BISHOP CMTY. |
| Date: | 05/19/03 |
| Case Number: | 02-281 |
| Summary: | An Indian tribe did not qualify as a "person" who may sue under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, under the circumstances, in an action asserting sovereign immunity from state court processes arising from a county investigation into alleged off-reservation crimes. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Contracts, Indian Law, Oil & Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate |
| Title: | US v. NAVAJO NATION |
| Date: | 03/04/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-1375 |
| Summary: | An Indian tribe's claim for compensation from the federal government, for alleged breach of trust in approval of coal lease amendments negotiated by the Tribe and a private lessee, fails as it does not derive from any liability-imposing provision of the Indian Mineral Leasing Act of 1938 or its implementing regulations. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate |
| Title: | US v. WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE |
| Date: | 03/04/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-1067 |
| Summary: | The Court of Federal Claims had Indian Tucker Act jurisdiction over a tribe's suit against the U.S. for breach of fiduciary duty to manage land and improvements held in trust for the tribe, but occupied by the government. |