Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Becker v. Ute Indian Tribe Cert Petition

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Becker Pet. for Cert..pdfDownload

Questions presented:

Whether a federal court may force a non-consenting, non-Indian plaintiff to exhaust his claims in tribal court when the defendant tribe has expressly consented by contract to federal or state court jurisdiction and waived both sov- ereign immunity and tribal exhaustion.

Whether a state court may adjudicate a contractual dispute between a tribe and a non-Indian where the tribe has provided specific contrac- tual consent to state court jurisdiction; or in- stead, whether the Constitution or laws of the United States prohibit such exercises of state court jurisdiction unless the State has assumed general civil jurisdiction over tribal territory under Sections 1322 and 1326 of Title 25.

Circuit split?

Lower court materials here.

Update:

Brief in Opposition.pdfDownload
Becker Reply Brief.pdfDownload

FBA Indian Law Conference Day 1 Morning Panels

Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Ian Gershengorn, Stacy Leeds, Dan Lewerenz
Ann Marie Bledsoe Downes, Bryan Newland, Heather Dawn Thompson, Rose Petoskey

Manoomin Supplemental Brief in White Earth Nation Tribal Court

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

White Earth Manoomin Supplemental Brief 4-6-2022.pdfDownload

Prior post here.

California COA Reverses Yavapai-Apache Nation v. La Posta Band of Diegueño Mission Indians

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials:

Unpublished Opinion.PDFDownload
La Posta Opening Brief.pdfDownload
YAN Response Brief.pdfDownload
La Posta Reply.pdfDownload
La Posta Supplemental Brief.pdfDownload
YAN Supplemental Brief.pdfDownload

Tenth Circuit Briefs in State of Kansas ex rel. Schmidt v. Dept. of the Interior

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Opening Brief.pdfDownload
Interior Response Brief.pdfDownload
Reply.pdfDownload

Lower court materials here.

Wyandotte removal trail.

Federal Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Pro Se Suit by Cherokee Freedmen Descendant for Damages Arising from Slavery

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Jarvis v. United States.

Wisconsin Federal Court Rejects Enbridge Demand to Depose Bad River Council Members “Thought Processes”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are materials in Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Enbridge Inc. (W.D. Wis.):

122 DCT Order.pdfDownload
123 Third Amended Complaint.pdfDownload
157 Enbridge Motion to Compel from Tribal Council Members.pdfDownload
161 Opposition.pdfDownload
172 Bad River MSJ.pdfDownload
189 MJ Order Denying Motion to Compel.pdfDownload

Prior post here.

Maryland Appellate Court Holds Chickasaw-Owned Business Not Subject to State Taxation

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in A+ Government Solutions LLC v. Controller of Maryland:

A+ Opinion.pdfDownload
This place just exudes sexiness.

Massachusetts Federal Court Declines to Dismiss Suit against Tribal Lending Business Partner

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Duggan v. Martorello (D. Mass.):

118 Second Amended Complaint.pdfDownload
125 Martorello Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
136 Duggan Opposition to Martorello Motion.pdfDownload
143 Reply in Support of Martorello Motion.pdfDownload
168 Duggan Surreply re Martorello Motion.pdfDownload
196 Martorello Supplemental Brief re 124.pdfDownload
197 Duggan Response to 196.pdfDownload
200 Rule 19 Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
204 Duggan Response to Rule 19 Motion.pdfDownload
218 Martorello Reply re Rule 19 Motion.pdfDownload
219 Duggan Surreply re Rule 19 Motion.pdfDownload
226 MJ Order on Judicial Estoppel Motion.pdfDownload
232 MJ Order Denying Rule 19 Motion.pdfDownload
233 MJ Order Denying Martorello Motion.pdfDownload