Eighth Circuit Rejects Sandy Lake Chippewa Secretarial Election Appeal

This story was filed on May 20, 2013

Here is the opinion. The court’s syllabus: Civil case – Indian law. Because the district court had adjudicated the issue of subject matter jurisdiction in the Sandy Lake Band’s previous suit, and Sandy Lake did not appeal from that decision … Continue reading →read more

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