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Tribes to recoup costs of litigation
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2002 Two tribes will share in a $2.6 million fund a New Mexico judge approved last month. The Navajo Nation and the Jicarilla Apache Nation will be reimbursed their legal fees and costs for participating in a lawsuit over the state's political districts. The tribes intervened to ensure Native voters were represented by new maps that were created. Get the Story:
Redistrict Lawyers Get $2.6 Million (The Albuquerque Journal 6/12)