Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Oklahoma SCT Argument in Stroble v. Oklahoma Tax Commission Today @ 11AM Eastern Time

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Live streamed on YouTube here:

https://www.youtube.com/live/zH_15MTIVSg?si=PlUSwUko2s12j8d5

Briefs are here.

New Mexico SCT Confirms Class III Compacts Do Not Allow State Court Jurisdiction over Tort Claims

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Sipp v. Buffalo Thunder Inc.:

Opinion.pdfDownload

Here are the briefs (note — these are the court of appeals briefs):

Sipp COA Brief.pdfDownload
Buffalo Thunder COA Brief.pdfDownload
Sipp COA Reply.pdfDownload

Blast from Past — 1982 Conference on 100th Anniversary of Indian Rights Association [Indian Truth, Dec. 1982]

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California COA Decides Donius v. County of San Diego [reservation easement dispute]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials:

Unpublished Opinion D080942.PDFDownload
Opening Brief.pdfDownload
County of San Diego Answer Brief.pdfDownload
North County Transit District Answer Brief.pdfDownload
Reply.pdfDownload

Five Tribes Will Not Join Stitt Task Force

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Montana Federal Court Orders Stay in Blackfeet Trespass Case, Orders Eagle Bear to Put Up $1M Bond

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the new materials in Eagle Bear Inc. v. Blackfeet Indian Nation (D. Mont.):

140 Motion for Stay.pdfDownload
142 Tribe Opposition.pdfDownload
143 DCT Order on Stay and Bond.pdfDownload

Prior post here.

Update on Creek Nation v. Tulsa Briefing

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the briefs in Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. City of Tulsa (N.D. Okla,):

18 Amicus Brief.PDFDownload
28 Tulsa Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
32 Creek Nation Reply.pdfDownload
36 Tulsa Reply.pdfDownload

Prior materials here.

Hawai’i Intermediate COA Briefs in Pascua Yaqui Tribe’s Extradition Request (interesting!)

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the available materials in In re the Extradition of Moreno (Haw. Ct. App.):

Opening Brief.pdfDownload
Answer Brief.pdfDownload
Who wouldn’t want to be extradited from Hawai’i to Tucson?

SCOTUS Denies Cert in McCarren Act Issue re: Klamath River

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is today’s order list.

The petition in Klamath Irrigation District v. Bureau of Reclamation is here.

The BOR is here.

Reply is here:

Klamath II Reply Final.pdfDownload