When We Were Kings When We Were Kings When We Were Kings is a 1996 Academy Award winning documentary film directed by Leon Gast about the famous "Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight championship match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. The fight was held in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) on October 30, 1974. The film features a number of celebrities, including James Brown, Jim Brown, B.B. King, Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Spike Lee and Thomas Hauser. "When We Were Kings" was released in 1996 to strong reviews, and won the 1996 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It took Gast
Aboriginal title in the United States While—under "Ex parte Young"—tribes may obtain some prospective, equitable relief in suits nominally against state officials (generally, for treaty rights), the Supreme Court in "Idaho v. Coeur d'Alene Tribe" (1997) held that state sovereign immunity barred not only quiet title suits but also suits against state officials which would constitute the equivalent of quiet title. Although "Coeur d'Alene" involved sovereign title to a lake bed, this precedent has been applied to bar even suits against states in their capacity as ordinary property owners. There are at least two Congressional statutes which may have contemplated authorizing aboriginal title suits against states: