Pulling Up the Nails from the Uintah Indian Reservation Boundary: Hagen v. Utah
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Authors
Slater, Wendy L.
Issue Date
1995
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28
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Journal Article
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INTRODUCTION|"Rules of construction are notoriously slippery." This point is well-illustrated by comparing statutory construction to leapfrog: "The most basic principle of statutory interpretation.., is that the last leap wins." The United States Supreme Court took this "last leap" in its 1994 decision in Hagen v. Utah. In Hagen, the Supreme Court interpreted legislative intent pertaining to congressional acts adopted in the early 1900s regarding the status of the Uintah Indian reservation ("Reservation")...
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28 Creighton L. Rev. 529 (1994-1995)
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Creighton University School of Law