Evicted Man’s Petition Should Be Denied, Tribal Judges, Officials Argue

(September 21, 2017, 9:13 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Several tribal judges and officials asked the U.S. Supreme Court Sept. 6 to reject a petition from a man challenging tribal court jurisdiction for the tribe’s eviction action against him, saying the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals correctly held that the man is estopped from arguing that the property is not on the tribe’s reservation (Roger French v. Honorable Karla Starr, et al., No. 17-197, U.S. Sup., 2017 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 3361)....