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Justices side with Alaska Native corporations in dispute over COVID aid

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Share Alaska Native corporations are eligible for about $500 million in COVID-19 relief money that Congress earmarked for Native American tribes, the Supreme Court ruled Friday. The case required the court to decide whether Alaska Native corporations are “Indian tribes” for the purpose of the 2020 CARES Act.

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Are Alaska Native corporations Indian tribes? A multimillion-dollar question

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Share Are Alaska Native corporations — special corporations that Congress created in 1971 when it resolved Native claims in Alaska — “Indian tribe[s]” under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act? Today, 574 federally recognized tribes are listed, including 229 tribes in Alaska.

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Alaska Native Corporations and the CARES Act

Fordham Law News

3] The case centers on Alaska Native Corporations (“ANCs”) and whether they qualify for certain Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act payments. [4] 3] The case centers on Alaska Native Corporations (“ANCs”) and whether they qualify for certain Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act payments. [4]

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Justices mull textualism and Alaskan exceptionalism in classifying Alaska Native corporations

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Share With over $500 million of COVID-19 relief funding at stake, the Supreme Court began its week by grappling with whether the CARES Act’s definition of “Indian tribe” — a definition included in over 150 other federal laws — encompasses Alaska Native corporations. During nearly two hours of oral argument in Yellen v.

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US Supreme Court refuses to move California suit against oil companies to federal court

JURIST

” The public nuisance statute requires the petitioners to prove that parties knowingly marketed and promoted products they knew were dangerous. A coalition of 18 states, including Texas, Louisiana, Alaska and other major fossil fuel producers filed a amici curiae brief in support of the oil companies.

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Justices argue over text (and ceviche) in ruling that Alaska Native corporations are “Indian tribes”

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Share The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Alaska Native corporations constitute “Indian tribes” under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, making them eligible for $500 million in federal coronavirus relief. The case, Yellen v. A unanimous D.C. Circuit panel sided with those tribes.

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Above The Law

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