School Districts Ask High Court To Decide Tribal Jurisdiction Dispute

(October 2, 2017, 9:29 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A split Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision that tribal courts have jurisdiction over an employment dispute in public schools because the schools are located on tribal land should be vacated because it flies in the face of established U.S. Supreme Court precedent, two public school districts argue in a Sept. 25 petition for a writ of certiorari with the high court (Window Rock Unified School District, et al. v. Ann Reeves, et al., No. 17-447, U.S. Sup., 2017 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 3690)....