Two new Solicitor General invitation briefs filed
on Aug 30, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Last week, the Acting Solicitor General filed invitation briefs in two cases, recommending that cert. be denied in both Placer Dome, Inc. v. Provincial Government of Marinduque (09-944) and Hogan v. Kaltag Tribal Council (09-960). At issue in Placer Dome is the power of federal courts to rule on a case that involves potential foreign policy issues because a foreign government is involved; the invitation brief is available here. At issue in Hogan is whether Indian tribes in the State of Alaska have authority to initiate and adjudicate child custody proceedings involving a nonmember and then to compel the State to give full faith and credit to the decrees entered in those proceedings; the invitation brief in that case is available here.
