Word: coxes
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Archibald Cox '34, Williston Professor of Law, has joined the legal team representing the Maine Indians suing that state for two-thirds of its land. He will also play a role in other Indian claims being pressed by the Native American Rights Fund (NARF...
...Cox, who gained a national reputation as the first Watergate special prosecutor, will "serve in a senior consulting capacity" to the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy tribes, Thomas Tureen, the NARF attorney coordinating the Maine Indians' legal team, said yesterday. Cox's duties will include all litigation and dealings with the federal government and the state of Maine, Tureen added...
Tureen said Cox was the first lawyer NARF approached for assistance, although many others have volunteered their services...
...things that motivated us [to choose Cox] was the suggestion by the Maine attorney general that Congress legislate the Indian claims out of existence or alter the rules under which the case would be tried, so we felt Professor Cox would be the best person to avert that kind of attack on the claim," Tureen said...
Barry Margolin '70, a NARF lawyer involved with various Indian land claims in New England, said yesterday the legal roles Cox has played in the past "made him well qualified to speak out for the maintenance and integrity of the legal process and its ability to provide justice for groups like our clients...