INDIAN LAW 
Published: December 12, 2011
Tags: indian law
Does a resident of Indian lands have standing to challenge a decision by the Secretary of the Interior to take land in trust for use as a gaming facility, and does the United States have sovereign immunity in such suits?
Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak, No. 11-246; consolidated with Salazar v. Patchak, No. 11-247. Certiorari granted Dec. 12, 2011. Ruling below: 632 F.3d 702 (D.C. Circuit 2011).
US settles suit over Indian land for $3.4B
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: December 9, 2009
Tags: indian law
After 13 years of bitter litigation, the federal government agreed Tuesday to settle for $3.4 billion a lawsuit that claims it badly mismanaged millions of acres in Indian trust land over more than 100 years.
INDIAN LAW
By:
Reni Gertner
Published: February 24, 2009
Tags: indian law
Land held in trust for an Indian tribe formed after the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 is subject to state law.
Carcieri v. Salazar, No. 07-526. Feb. 24, 2009.
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