indian-tribe-authority

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
19-1414 United States v. Joshua James Cooley Ninth Circuit 2020-06-24 Judgment Issued Amici (13)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction fourth-amendment indian-law indian-tribe-authority law-enforcement-authority non-indian non-indian-rights public-lands public-right-of-way reservation reservation-jurisdiction search-and-seizure state-and-federal-law tribal-law-enforcement Whether the lower courts erred in suppressing evidence on the theory that a police officer of an Indian tribe lacked authority to temporarily detain a…
18-1081 Curtiss Wilson v. Horton's Towing, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights drug-law-enforcement drug-laws due-process forfeiture indian-law indian-tribe-authority montana-exception montana-v-united-states non-native-americans non-native-seizure tribal-jurisdiction tribal-law tribal-sovereignty vehicle-forfeiture 1. Does an Indian Tribe have authority under the second exception of Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 544 (1981), to forfeit automobiles owned by no…