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IN RE CIVIL COMMITMENT OF JOHNSON

Nos. A09-2225, A09-2226.

782 N.W.2d 274 (2010)

In the Matter of the CIVIL COMMITMENT OF Jeremiah Jerome JOHNSON and In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of Lloyd Robert Desjarlais.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

May 18, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, Noah A. Cashman, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, and Christopher Strandlie, Cass County Attorney, Walker, MN, for respondent.

Victor H. Smith, Smith Law Office, Walker, MN, for appellants.

Considered and decided by JOHNSON, Presiding Judge; HUDSON, Judge; and SCHELLHAS, Judge.

OPINION

HUDSON, Judge.

Appellants, enrolled members of a federally recognized Indian tribe, challenge the district court's denial of their motions to dismiss the civil-commitment proceedings against them for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. Appellants argue that: (1) Public Law 280 does not provide the state with jurisdiction to commit them as sexually dangerous persons; (2) civil commitment of members of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe infringes on tribal...

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