Judge Upholds Default Judgment Against Former Alaska Village Leaders

Mealey's (March 1, 2021, 12:00 PM EST) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A federal judge in Alaska on Feb. 25 refused to set aside a five-year-old default judgment enjoining three former tribal council members from misrepresenting that they were the legitimate governing body of the tribe, finding that the tribe’s allegations of fraudulently seeking federal tribal funding established the court’s jurisdiction....