FRANCIS V: Maine Law Court Says Tribe Had Exclusive Jurisdiction
by Paul Thibeault, Esq. Wabanaki Legal News, Spring 2009 edition The State's highest court has made a final decision in the long legal battle between Pamela Francis and the Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Housing Authority. On December 11, 2008 the Supreme Judicial Court (also known as the Law Court) held that the state courts had no jurisdiction and that the tribal court had exclusive jurisdiction over the case because it involves internal tribal matters. The com more...