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Land Claims Litigation

State v. Dana, 404 A.2d 551 (Me. 1979)

In this important pre-Settlement decision the Maine Supreme Judicial Court recognized that the State of Maine had no criminal jurisdiction over tribal members for alleged criminal offenses on their Reservations.

Bottomly v. Passamaquoddy Tribe, 599 F.2d 1061 (1st Cir. 1979)

In this pre-Settlement decision the federal court confirmed that the Tribe retained the full attributes of tribal sovereignty as defined by Federal Indian Law.

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