Petition of the day
By Kate Howard
on Dec 29, 2016
The petition of the day is:
16-572
Issues: (1) Whether, under the Indian Reorganization Act, to have been a “recognized Indian tribe now under Federal jurisdiction” in 1934, a tribe must have been “recognized” at that time; and (2) whether, to have been “under Federal jurisdiction” in 1934, a tribe must have been located in Indian country—that is, on land over which the United States exercised jurisdiction to the exclusion of state jurisdiction.
Posted in Relist Watch
Cases: Citizens Against Reservation Shopping v. Haugrud
Recommended Citation:
Kate Howard,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (Dec. 29, 2016, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2016/12/petition-of-the-day-1062/