9th Circuit Affirms Denial Of Contempt Finding In Land-Into-Trust Row

Mealey's (March 18, 2020, 8:51 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal district court acted within the “wide latitude” it has when refusing to hold the government in contempt of a 1979 order by not taking land into trust for a Native American or her descendant, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 16 in an unpublished memorandum (Upper Lake Pomo Association, et al. v. United States, et al., No. 18-16764. 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 8242)....