Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Public Utilities Commission v. Hawaiian Telephone Co.

Pub. Utilities Comm’n v. Hawaiian Tel. Co., 101 L. Ed. 2d 906 (1988)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1988-06-27
Topic
general

district court’s dismissal of indictment without prejudice, pursuant to the Speedy Trial Act, reviewed for abuse of discretion | district court's dismissal of indictment without prejudice, pursuant to the Speedy Trial Act, reviewed for abuse of discretion | original treaty lands held by tribe under patented fee title were Indian Country even though site was not a “reservation” nor was fee title held by the United States in trust for the tribe | "The State seems to believe that the Indian country status of the [reservation] rests on whether the exterior boundaries have been disestablished. It does not. ... Tribal lands, trust lands, and certain allotted lands generally remain Indian country despite disestablishment." | "The State seems to believe that the Indian country status of the [reservation] rests on whether the exterior boundaries have been disestablished. It does not. ... Tribal lands, trust lands, and certain allotted lands generally remain Indian country despite disestablishment.”

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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.