Supreme Court rules no fiduciary exception in trust between US, Native Americans

[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website, JURIST news archive] Monday ruled [opinion, PDF] in United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation [Cornell LII backgrounder] that in a trust relationship between the government and a Native American tribe the government does not have to release confidential communications with its attorney under the "fiduciary exception" to attorney-client privilege. The Jicarilla Apache Nation [official website] attempted to compel through discovery certain documents to prove its breach of trust action against the government, but…