Mnuchin Joins Alaska Native Corporations In Seeking Review Of CARES Act Ruling

(November 2, 2020, 2:50 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A second petition for certiorari was filed Oct. 21 with the U.S. Supreme Court to challenge the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ denial of COVID-19 emergency federal relief funding to Alaska Native corporations, with petitioner U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin arguing that review is needed “to restore uniformity to federal law” on whether the corporations are considered “Indian tribes” (Steven T. Mnuchin v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al., No. 20-543, U.S. Sup.)....