Arguments still not settled in land-into-trust case
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
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Note: The hearing takes place November 3. An earlier posting listed the wrong date.
Who will represent the state of Rhode Island in an upcoming land-into-trust case before the
U.S. Supreme Court?
As of Monday, the state still hadn't figured that out. So it might come down to drawing straws to determine whether the town of
Charlestown,
Gov. Donald Carcieri (R) or
Attorney General Patrick Lynch will get to argue at the November 3 hearing.
"The time to name that person is now. We have twenty-five days left," Joseph S. Larisa Jr., Charlestown’s assistant solicitor on Indian affairs, told The Providence Journal.
The town, Carcieri and Lynch all wanted to argue at the hearing but the Supreme Court issued an
order
on Monday that said only one side gets to appear. Carcieri is being represented by former Bush administration attorney
Theodore B.
Olson, who has appeared before the court many times.
The case involves the land-into-trust application of the
Narragansett
Tribe, whose attempt to share time at the arguments also was denied by the court.
Get the Story:
State, Charlestown vie to argue tribal land case before Supreme Court
(The Providence Journal 10/7)
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Supreme Court Documents:
Docket
Sheet |
Questions
Presented |
Order
List
1st Circuit Decisions:
En
Banc (July 20, 2007) |
Panel
(February 9, 2005)
Briefs and Other Documents:
Carcieri
v. Kempthorne (NARF-NCAI Tribal Supreme Court Project
Relevant Laws:
Rhode
Island Indian Claims Settlement Act (US Code)
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