High Court Review Of 9th Circuit’s Tribal Court Jurisdiction Ruling Sought

Mealey's (February 25, 2019, 3:54 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in finding that a patron of an Indian casino whose vehicle was confiscated by the tribe after marijuana was found inside must pursue his conversion claims against a tribal police officer and a towing company to the tribal court based on comity, the patron tells the U.S. Supreme Court in a petition docketed Feb. 21 (Curtiss Wilson v. Horton’s Towing, et al., No. 18-1081, U.S. Sup., 2019 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 622 )....