Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Florida COA Holds Premature Tort Claim Against Seminole Does Not Foreclose Later Claim within Limitations Period

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Pupo (Fla. Ct. App.):

Opinion.pdfDownload
Opening Brief.pdfDownload
Answer Brief.pdfDownload
Reply Brief.pdfDownload

Eighth Circuit Briefs in HCI Distributing v. Hilgers [Challenge to Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

State Opening Brief.pdfDownload
HCI Answer Brief.pdfDownload
Reply.pdfDownload

Lower court materials here and here.

(Belatedly, We Announce the) New 25 CFR Part 151 Land Acquisitions Rule

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Been busy having fun out of the office . . . .

I’d say courtesy of Bill Wood, the king of sigma, but I didn’t ask for his permish for this one.

Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Says Castro-Huerta Means that Congress Didn’t Preempt State Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country [No, that’s not the law but nothing matters anymore.]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Deo v. Parish:

Brief in Support of Mandamus Petition

State Response Brief

Opinions

Proposed State of Oklahoma, Act of June 16, 1906, Proposed forest reserve in southeastern Indian Territory

Blast from the Past — American Indian Law Center Newsletters c. 1973, 1974

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Back before the internets, Indian law news traveled analog by snail mail in colorful newsletters. . . .

There’s a bunch of these here you have the bandwidth to download large pdfs. . . .

ailc-newsletter-1973-1974Download

South Dakota Federal Court Finally Resolves Matter Arising from Federal Government’s Impoundment of Livestock at Pine Ridge Way Back in 2015 and 2016

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Temple v. Roberts (D.S.D.):

180-1 Oglala Sioux Tribal Court Decision

213 Federal Trial Brief

215 Temple Pre-Trial Brief

228 DCT Order

Prior post here.

Pretty sure these dudes didn’t have anything to do with this case, but they look cool — Ed Red Owl, Jerry Flute and Elijah Back Thunder

Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe Letter to Wisconsin Senate re: Discriminatory and Retaliatory Grant Denial by State

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Letter to Senator Mary Felzkowski.pdfDownload

Prior post here.

Cayuga Sues New York over Illegal Highway

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Cayuga Nation v. Hochul (W.D. N.Y.):

1 Complaint

Yavapai-Apache Nation Appellate Court Decides La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians v. Yavapai-Apache Nation

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion:

YAN v La Posta Opinion.pdfDownload

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