Former Bush lawyer paid $200K for land-into-trust case
Friday, September 12, 2008
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Rhode Island
Gov. Donald Carcieri (R) ended the fiscal year with a budget deficit, in part due to his decision to spend $200,000 on a land-into-trust case before the
U.S. Supreme Court.
Carcieri hired
Theodore B.
Olson, the former
Solicitor General at the
Department of Justice, to represent his office in the case. Olson's fee contributed to a $184,152 deficit in the governor's budget, a spokeperson said.
The Supreme Court will hear the case November 3. Carcieri is fighting with officials in the town of Charlestown over who will present oral arguments.
State officials want the high court to overturn a ruling that said the
Interior Department can take land
into trust for the
Narragansett
Tribe. The newly acquired land, unlike the tribe's reservation, will not be
subject to state jurisdiction.
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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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