Justices consider limit of state authority on American Indian land - 2003-04-02
Inyo County, east of the Sierra Nevada mountains in central California, is asking the court to reverse an appeals court ruling that the Bishop Paiute Tribe can stop authorities investigating potential welfare fraud from searching its records and property.

John D. Kirby, a San Diego lawyer representing the county, said many criminal investigations would be compromised if the court allows tribes to have immunity from searches.

The issue in the lawsuit was whether tribal records, as opposed to personal tribal members' property, are protected. The Supreme court ruled in 2001 that state authorities may enter an American Indian reservation to investigate or prosecute off-reservation violations of state law, including questioning a tribe's members and searching personal property.

The dispute arose during the county's investigation of three employees of the tribe's casino whose names also appeared on welfare rolls.
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Undercover Quint at AFM reviews: Stallone's SHADE, BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR and Macy's THE COOLER! No Fooling! - 2003-04-02
Ahoy, squirts. Quint here with the last of my unauthorized coverage of the American Film Market. I know it has taken a while to complete my coverage, but I've been a busy geek lately, both in my personal and private life. Below I have the final three reviews from the AFM: SHADE, the indie card shark drama starring Gabriel Byrne and Sylvester Stallone, THE COOLER, a character driven flick about a casino worker who's literally a black hole for luck, starring William H. Macy and Alec Baldwin and, finally, Brian Yuzna's BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR starring the geek demi-god Jeffrey Combs. We got a lot to get through, squirts. I'll try to keep the reviews as short as possible.
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