July 03, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court handed close wins this year to two Native American tribes, backing their rights to be shielded from a state fuel tax and to hunt under their treaties, while circuit courts protected tribe members' access to broadband and heightened tribal officers' exposure to tort suits. Here, Law360 looks back at some of the top decisions in Native American law in the first half of 2019.
March 29, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision that the National Park Service can't enforce its hovercraft ban on an Alaska river boosted landowners' rights against agency regulation, but its most important piece for Alaska Natives may be the court's refusal to tinker with hard-earned rulings protecting their fishing rights.
March 26, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a Ninth Circuit decision that the National Park Service had the power to enforce its hovercraft ban on an Alaska river, ruling unanimously that a federal law for Alaska lands protected a moose hunter's hovercraft use.
November 05, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday to decide whether the National Park Service has the power to enforce its hovercraft ban on an Alaska river, with several justices admitting they were having a hard time coming to grips with the right way to interpret key language in the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.
October 12, 2018
An Alaska moose hunter pressed the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Ninth Circuit decision backing the National Park Service's right to apply its hovercraft ban on an Alaska river, saying the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act was intended to block the agency's authority over waters in the state it doesn't own.
September 19, 2018
Alaska Native tribes and groups have urged the U.S. Supreme Court haveto uphold the National Park Service’s right to apply its hovercraft ban on an Alaska river, saying that taking away the federal government’s power to regulate certain waters in the state could destroy Alaska Natives' traditional subsistence fishing.
August 09, 2018
A coalition of states led by Idaho has thrown its support behind a moose hunter's U.S. Supreme Court appeal of a Ninth Circuit ruling that held the National Park Service has the right to enforce its hovercraft ban on an Alaska river.
June 18, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to review a Ninth Circuit ruling holding that the National Park Service has the right to enforce its hovercraft ban on an Alaska river, setting the high court up to consider the dispute for the second time.