USA - July 3 2018
As Chief Justice Roberts put it in his concurring opinion in Upper Skagit Indian Tribe v. Lundgren, “There should be a means of resolving a mundane…
Lynn H. Slade
USA - June 1 2018
The Dakota Access Pipeline litigation was originally brought by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in 2016, quickly joined by the Cheyenne River Sioux…
Deana M. Bennett
USA - August 22 2017
On June 14, 2017, U.S. District Court Judge Boasberg issued a lengthy Memorandum Opinion granting in part the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s (Standing…
Deana M. Bennett
USA - June 1 2017
On June 10, 2016, Congress passed the Indian Trust Asset Reform Act (ITARA), and on June 22, 2016, President Barack Obama signed it into law…
Deana M. Bennett, Emil Kiehne, Maria O'Brien, Lynn H. Slade, Sarah M. Stevenson
USA - April 11 2017
The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) project continues to be the subject of extensive news coverage and ongoing controversy. Last quarter’s Watch…