Turtle Mountain — Eighth Circuit En Banc Petition
On behalf of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, the Spirit Lake Tribe, and individual voters, CLC and co-counsel filed a petition urging the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to reconsider its recent decision that private plaintiffs cannot maintain a private right of action for alleged violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act through 42 U.S.C. § 1983.