Former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson will join the state of Rhode Island's legal team in a case over American Indian tribal land that has reached the U.S. Supreme Court. A spokesman for Gov. Don Carcieri said Olson, a prominent appellate lawyer, will be paid a flat fee of $200,000 from the governor's contingency account. The court fight concerns the federal government's ability to take land into trust for American Indian tribes.
June 06, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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Former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson will join the state of Rhode Island’s legal team in a case over American Indian tribal land that has reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
A spokesman for Gov. Don Carcieri said Olson, a prominent appellate lawyer, will be paid a flat fee of $200,000 from the governor’s contingency account. Carcieri has discretion on how money from that account is spent.
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