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Supreme Court hears Indian mining lease, peremptory challenge cases
Link: http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/02/supreme-court-hears-indian-mining-lease.php
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases. In United States v. Navajo Nation, the Court heard arguments on whether the Court's earlier decision in the case foreclosed a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that the US federal government breached its fiduciary duties in connection with coal leases and is liable to the Navajo Nation for as much as $600 million.
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