Justices Deny Cert For Challenge To Tribal Court Child Placement Rulings

(March 6, 2020, 8:52 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on March 2 denied a request by a mother and grandmother to review an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals holding that a state court proceeding is not needed before an Indian child welfare case goes to a tribal court under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) (Kimberly Watso, et al. v. Jodi Harpstead, et al., No. 19-550, U.S. Sup., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 21018)....