Justices Want To Hear From South Dakota Officials In Tribes’ Jurisdiction Case

Mealey's (May 13, 2019, 1:14 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on May 8 relisted a Younger abstention doctrine dispute in a jurisdictional case filed by Native American tribes and tribal members challenging South Dakota’s process for removing children from their homes in emergency situations, seeking responses from state officials to the challengers’ petition for certiorari (Oglala Sioux Tribe, et al. v. Lisa Fleming, et al., No. 18-1245, U.S. Sup.)....