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Table Of Contents Jul 2015

Table Of Contents

Public Land & Resources Law Review

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Board Of Editors Jul 2015

Board Of Editors

Public Land & Resources Law Review

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To Transfer Or Not To Transfer, That Is The Question: An Analysis Of Public Lands Title In The West, Andrea Collins Jul 2015

To Transfer Or Not To Transfer, That Is The Question: An Analysis Of Public Lands Title In The West, Andrea Collins

Montana Law Review

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Mapping The Treasure State: What States Can Learn From Redistricting In Montana, Caitlin Boland Aarab, The Honorable Jim Regnier Jul 2015

Mapping The Treasure State: What States Can Learn From Redistricting In Montana, Caitlin Boland Aarab, The Honorable Jim Regnier

Montana Law Review

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Newly Discovered Evidence Of Innocence: Its History And Future Treatment In Montana, E. Lars Phillips Jul 2015

Newly Discovered Evidence Of Innocence: Its History And Future Treatment In Montana, E. Lars Phillips

Montana Law Review

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Judge James R. Browning: His Legacy For Montana And The Future Of The Federal Judiciary, The Honorable Sidney R. Thomas Jul 2015

Judge James R. Browning: His Legacy For Montana And The Future Of The Federal Judiciary, The Honorable Sidney R. Thomas

Montana Law Review

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Spreading Justice To Rural Montana: Rurality's Impacts On Supply And Demand For Legal Services In Montana, Hillary A. Wandler Jul 2015

Spreading Justice To Rural Montana: Rurality's Impacts On Supply And Demand For Legal Services In Montana, Hillary A. Wandler

Montana Law Review

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Arbitrary And Godlike Determinations: Insanity, Neuroscience, And Social Control In Montana, Andrew King-Ries Jul 2015

Arbitrary And Godlike Determinations: Insanity, Neuroscience, And Social Control In Montana, Andrew King-Ries

Montana Law Review

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Koontz V. St. Johns River Water Management District: The Constitutionality Of Monetary Exactions In Land Use Planning, John M. Newman Jul 2015

Koontz V. St. Johns River Water Management District: The Constitutionality Of Monetary Exactions In Land Use Planning, John M. Newman

Montana Law Review

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Shell Gulf Of Mexico, Inc. V. Center For Biological Diversity, Nick Vandenbos Apr 2015

Shell Gulf Of Mexico, Inc. V. Center For Biological Diversity, Nick Vandenbos

Public Land & Resources Law Review

In an attempt to stave off what it saw as impending litigation, Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc. filed suit under the Declaratory Judgment Act against a range of environmental groups opposed to Shell’s oil exploration in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas of Alaska’s Arctic Coast. Shell requested a declaratory judgment that its oil spill response plans, as approved by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, did not violate the Administrative Procedures Act. Although noting the novelty of Shell’s argument, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit concluded the district court had erred in determining a justiciable …


Conservation Congress V. Finley, Tristan T. Riddell Mar 2015

Conservation Congress V. Finley, Tristan T. Riddell

Public Land & Resources Law Review

Once again the federal government is challenged for violation of the ESA and NEPA in relation to forest management projects affecting the Northern Spotted Owl. Conservation Congress, joined by a number of other plaintiffs, brought suit against the USFWS and USFS challenging both the agencies consultation under § 7 of the ESA, and the Forest Service’s failure to take a “hard look” as required within the EIS completed under NEPA. Although Conservation Congress provided sufficient notice of intent to sue in accord with 16 U.S.C.S. § 1540(g)(2)(A) and their claims were not moot, the summary judgment was appropriately awarded to …


Conserving Habitat Before It Is Too Late, Jack G. Connors Mar 2015

Conserving Habitat Before It Is Too Late, Jack G. Connors

Public Land & Resources Law Review

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Returning To A Tribal Self-Governance Partnership At The National Bison Range Complex: Historical, Legal, And Global Perspectives, Brian Upton Mar 2015

Returning To A Tribal Self-Governance Partnership At The National Bison Range Complex: Historical, Legal, And Global Perspectives, Brian Upton

Public Land & Resources Law Review

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A Solution In Search Of A Problem: The Difficulty With State Constitutional "Right To Hunt" Amendments, Stacey Gordon Mar 2015

A Solution In Search Of A Problem: The Difficulty With State Constitutional "Right To Hunt" Amendments, Stacey Gordon

Public Land & Resources Law Review

This article explores the facets of hunting amendments. Part I traces the legal history of protections for hunting, from early laws to preserve hunting for the people to modern hunter harassment statutes. Part II analyzes the forms of hunting amendments—some guarantee a right, others only recognize a heritage; some are fundamental rights, others are less strong; some are limited by private property rights, others are absolute. Nonetheless, they have a common source. Part III considers the impacts— possibly unintended consequences—of hunting amendments. Finally, Part IV suggests that while there are unrecognized common values between hunters and animal welfare groups that …


Table Of Contents Mar 2015

Table Of Contents

Public Land & Resources Law Review

No abstract provided.


Board Of Editors Mar 2015

Board Of Editors

Public Land & Resources Law Review

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Editor's Letter Mar 2015

Editor's Letter

Public Land & Resources Law Review

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Land Acquisition In The State Of Alaska: Akiachak Native Community V. Salazar, Wesley J. Furlong Mar 2015

Land Acquisition In The State Of Alaska: Akiachak Native Community V. Salazar, Wesley J. Furlong

Public Land & Resources Law Review

Akiachak Native Community v. Salazar and the BIA’s repeal of the Alaska Exception are set to mark sweeping changes for Alaska Natives. Following the United States District Court for the District of Columbia’s holding that the prohibition of trust acquisitions in Alaska violates the IRA, and before the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit could issue an opinion on the merits, the BIA repealed its rule prohibiting such acquisitions. The potential for drastic changes to the landscape of native communities and villages in Alaska is highly likely.


Schaghticoke Tribal Nation V. Kent School Corporation Inc., Lindsey M. West Mar 2015

Schaghticoke Tribal Nation V. Kent School Corporation Inc., Lindsey M. West

Public Land & Resources Law Review

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed dismissal of three consolidated actions of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation claiming the Schaghticoke had been dispossessed of Indian land without the approval of Congress, a violation of the Nonintercourse Act. The court found the district court correctly deferred under the primary jurisdiction doctrine to the United States Department of Interior’s determination that the Schaghticoke did not qualify for tribal status. Additionally, the district court properly relied on the Department of Interior’s factual findings in holding the Schaghticoke presented insufficient evidence to establish a prima facie violation of the Nonintercourse …


Jackson V. Payday Financial, Llc., Hannah S. Cail Mar 2015

Jackson V. Payday Financial, Llc., Hannah S. Cail

Public Land & Resources Law Review

In Jackson v. Payday Financial, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held loan a provision requiring arbitration in tribal court was unreasonable and substantially and procedurally unconscionable. The Court rejected Payday’s argument that the dispute belonged in tribal court, because there was no subject matter jurisdiction over Plaintiffs’ claims, and the defendants did not raise a colorable claim for tribal jurisdiction or tribal exhaustion.


Smith V. Parker, Lindsay M. Thane Feb 2015

Smith V. Parker, Lindsay M. Thane

Public Land & Resources Law Review

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals found that an 1882 Act of Congress did not intend to diminish the boundaries of the Omaha Indian Reservation in Nebraska. The district court’s decision was affirmed because reservation land may not be divested from the tribe absent clear congressional intent to alter the reservation’s boundaries. Because the Omaha Reservation land was not diminished, the town of Pender, Nebraska—which currently sits on Reservation land—and residents of Pender, Nebraska who are engaged in the sale of alcoholic beverages must comply with the Omaha Tribal Code’s imposition of a ten percent sales tax on these beverages.


Towards A Universal Field Theory Of National Private Rights And Federalism, Roderick M. Hills Jr. Feb 2015

Towards A Universal Field Theory Of National Private Rights And Federalism, Roderick M. Hills Jr.

Montana Law Review

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Will Uncooperative Federalism Survive Nfib?, Abigail R. Moncrieff, Jonathan Dinerstein Feb 2015

Will Uncooperative Federalism Survive Nfib?, Abigail R. Moncrieff, Jonathan Dinerstein

Montana Law Review

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Cooperative (And Uncooperative) Federalism At Tribal, State, And Local Levels: A Case For Cooperative Charging Decisions In Indian Country, Danna R. Jackson Feb 2015

Cooperative (And Uncooperative) Federalism At Tribal, State, And Local Levels: A Case For Cooperative Charging Decisions In Indian Country, Danna R. Jackson

Montana Law Review

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Indemnification As An Alternative To Nullification, Robert A. Mikos Feb 2015

Indemnification As An Alternative To Nullification, Robert A. Mikos

Montana Law Review

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Learning Both Directions: How Better Federal-Local Land Use Collaboration Can Quiet The Call For Federal Lands Transfers, Michelle Bryan Feb 2015

Learning Both Directions: How Better Federal-Local Land Use Collaboration Can Quiet The Call For Federal Lands Transfers, Michelle Bryan

Montana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Tribal Disruption And Federalism, Matthew L.M. Fletcher Feb 2015

Tribal Disruption And Federalism, Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Montana Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Breaking Of A Wave: Jacobsen V. Allstate Ins. Co. And Class Certification, Lucas Hamilton Feb 2015

The Breaking Of A Wave: Jacobsen V. Allstate Ins. Co. And Class Certification, Lucas Hamilton

Montana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Billings Gazette V. City Of Billings: Examining Montana's New Exception To The Public's Right To Know, Adam Wade Feb 2015

Billings Gazette V. City Of Billings: Examining Montana's New Exception To The Public's Right To Know, Adam Wade

Montana Law Review

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The Future Of Federalism, From The Bottom Up, Anthony Johnstone Feb 2015

The Future Of Federalism, From The Bottom Up, Anthony Johnstone

Montana Law Review

No abstract provided.