Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Michigan COA Holds MIFPA Does Not Apply to Lumbee Citizens in Case Involving Pre-Lumbee Recognition

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in In re Ledee:

In re Ledee.pdfDownload

Oklahoma SCT Declares Tulsa-Creek Nation Settlement Invalid

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in State of Oklahoma ex rel. Stitt v. City of Tulsa.

Briefs:

Stitt PetitionDownload
Stitt Brief in Support of PetitionDownload
Tulsa OppositionDownload

Related posts here and here.

Tribal Amicus Brief in Sixth Circuit Prediction Markets Case

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the brief in Kalshiex LLC v. Orgel:

Tribal Amicus BriefDownload

And here is John Oliver’s takedown.

Louisiana Federal Court Removes Slip-and-Fall Suit Back to Tribal Court

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Dauzat v. GPS Hospitality Partners IV LLC (W.D. La.):

1 Notice of RemovalDownload
1-1 Tribal Court ComplaintDownload
1-7 Tribal Court Motion to DismissDownload
19-1 Motion to RemandDownload
26 OppositionDownload
28 Magistrate ReportDownload
29 ObjectionDownload
30 DCT OrderDownload

D.C. Circuit Rejects Narragansett’s Challenge to Federal Highway Admin. Decisions

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Narragansett Indian Tribe v. McMaster.

Briefs here.

Coalition of Large Tribes Joins Oil Company Efforts to Undo Boulder County’s Fight Against Climate Change

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is COLT’s amicus brief in support of the petition for writ of certiorari in Suncor Energy (USA) Inc. v. Board of Commissioners for Boulder County:

COLT Amicus Brief.pdfDownload

Sixth Circuit Materials in Koenig v. Keweenaw Bay Ojibwe Community College

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Appellant Brief.pdfDownload
KBOCC Brief.pdfDownload
KBIC Amicus Brief.pdfDownload

Lower court materials here.

American Indian Higher Education Consortium Amicus BriefDownload

Blast from the Past — The Origins of Memorial Day

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

From a 1982 newsletter of the Niagara County Historical Society:

California Federal Court Dismisses Habeas Petition of Person Excluded from Rohnerville Rancheria

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Bowman v. Frank (N.D. Cal.):

1 Habeas PetitionDownload
21 Motion to DismissDownload
22 OppositionDownload
23 ReplyDownload
23-1 DeclarationDownload
24 SurreplyDownload
29 DCT OrderDownload

Oklahoma SCT Rejects State Court Jurisdiction over Thlopthlocco Tribal Town Politics, Concurring Judge Shoehorns Castro-Huerta into Analysis

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Anderson v. Parish.

Briefs:

Anderson Faction BriefDownload
Tribal Town BriefDownload

Lower court materials:

Tribal Town DCT PetitionDownload
Ofuskee County DCT TRODownload
Anderson Faction DCT BriefDownload