U.S. Government Seeks High Court Review Of Tribal Police Jurisdiction Ruling

Mealey's (June 26, 2020, 12:01 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal government on June 19 asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide the extent of an Indian police officer’s jurisdiction to detain a non-Indian on a public road within a reservation, arguing that a ruling on the issue by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals treads on tribes’ sovereign immunity and hampers law enforcement efforts (United States v. Joshua James Cooley, No. 19-1414, U.S. Sup.)....