Today in Supreme Court History: October 30

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Oct 29
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Jones v. Meehan, 175 U.S. 1 (decided October 30, 1899): language of treaty, and rights of inheritance as to Indian property, are construed as members of the tribe would understand them, not by looking to law of the state (at issue was a 10-foot wide strip of land along the shore of Red Lake in Minnesota)

Tuggle v. Netherland, 516 U.S. 10 (decided October 30, 1995): failure of state to provide independent psychiatrist to possibly rebut state showing of future dangerousness (required by

Ake v. Oklahoma, 1985) resulted in vacatur of death sentence even though other aggravating factors were validly shown

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