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December 14, 2018
Tribal Hunting Right Outlasted Wyo. Statehood, Justices Told
A Crow tribe member pressed the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to throw out his state court conviction for elk hunting in Wyoming's Bighorn National Forest, arguing that Wyoming’s statehood didn’t erase the tribe’s treaty right to hunt and that a circuit court ruling to that effect has been torpedoed by the high court.
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December 14, 2018
FWS Evaluation Of Bald Eagle Impacts Fell Short, Judge Says
A Colorado federal judge has tossed a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service permit that allowed construction on an apartment complex even though it could disturb a nearby bald eagle nest, deciding that the government’s environmental assessment did not consider the impact of the finished building.
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December 14, 2018
PennEast Can Take NJ Land For $1B Pipeline, Judge Says
A New Jersey federal judge said Friday that developers of the $1 billion PennEast gas pipeline can immediately seize over 100 Garden State properties along the project's route, saying they've satisfied the requirements for pursuing eminent domain under the Natural Gas Act.
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December 14, 2018
Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, McAfee, Bankia
A U.S. national security panel is reportedly expected to OK a Sprint-T-Mobile merger, Intel Corp. and TPG Capital are in talks to sell McAfee to Thoma Bravo, and Bankia is close to offloading €3 billion ($3.4 billion) worth of bad loans and repossessed property.
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December 14, 2018
10th Circ. Rejects Comanche Bid To Block Chickasaw Casino
The Tenth Circuit on Friday upheld a lower court ruling rejecting the Comanche Nation's bid to stall the opening of a Chickasaw Nation casino, saying the Comanches are unlikely to succeed on the merits of their pending challenge to land acquisition for the project.
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