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NEWTOK VILLAGE v. PATRICK

No. 21-35230.

21 F.4th 608 (2021)

NEWTOK VILLAGE; Newtok Village Council, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Andy T. PATRICK; Joseph Tommy; Stanley Tom, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 22, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Ferguson-Bohnee (argued), Indian Legal Clinic, ASU Public Interest Law Firm, Phoenix, Arizona; James J. Davis Jr. , Northern Justice Project LLC, Anchorage, Alaska; for Defendants-Appellants.

Michael Walleri (argued), Jason Weiner & Associates PC, Fairbanks, Alaska, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before: RONALD M. GOULD, RICHARD C. TALLMAN, and PATRICK J. BUMATAY, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

This case requires us to examine the boundary between tribal sovereignty and federal court jurisdiction. The residents of Newtok Village, a federally recognized Alaskan Native tribe, face an existential threat from environmental changes. Severe coastline erosion caused by the rapidly shifting Ninglick River...

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