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Ninth Circuit Briefs in Winnemucca Indian Colony v. United States [leadership dispute]

June 9, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Oral argument:

Lower court materials here.

Prairie Band Potawatomi Sues Treasury over CARES Act Funding

June 9, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation v. Mnuchin (D.D.C.):

2 Motion for TRO

Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe Sues Insurance Company

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe v. Lexington Insurance Company (Port Gamble S’Klallam Community Court):

Tenth Circuit Briefs in Chegup v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation [banishment]

June 9, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

3-24-20 Appellants’ Opening Brief

5-22-20 Appellees’ Brief

6-5-20 Appellants’ Reply Brief

Lower court materials here.

Res Ipsa Loquitur Issues 1 and 2 [History of U.Mich. Student Ad Hoc Committee on Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation, 1996]

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

In 1996, Michigan law students formed an Ad Hoc Committee on Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation after the office door of Lance Jones, an African-American faculty member, was defaced with a racist slur. Shortly after that, the Res Gestae, a law student publication, published an attack on Catharine MacKinnon. The Ad Hoc Committee’s formation was followed by the publication of Res Ipsa Loquitur, a newsletter on race, gender, and sexual orientation. We’re making two issues of that newsletter available here.

Here:

Res Ipsa Loquitur Issue 1

Res Ipsa Loquitur Issue 2

Here is a twitter thread that is aggregating the issues and responses to Dean West’s initial statement and the responses from students and others (June 4-June 6)(includes documents).

Commentary on COVID and Access to Safe Drinking Water in Indian Country

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

From Cynthis Harris, here is “Disparity, Disease, and Drinking Water: COVID-19 and Safe Drinking Water Access in Indian Country.”

Federal Court Sets Seneca Member’s Tax Case for Trial

June 8, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Perkins v. United States (W.D.N.Y.):

60-1 US Motion for Summary J

62 Perkins Motion for Summary J

72 Perkins Response

78 Motion for Leave to File Amicus Brief

78-1 Seneca Nation Amicus Brief

79 Perkins Reply

80 US Motion to Strike Amicus Brief

84 Magistrate Report

85 US Objection

86 Perkins Objection

91 Perkins Response

96 Perkins Supplemental Brief

99 US Response to 96

Parallel Tax Court materials here.

Suquamish Sues Insurance Company over Pandemic-Related Losses

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Suquamish Tribe v. Lexington Insurance Company (Suquamish Tribal Court):

NYTs: “On Tribal Lands, a Time to Make Art for Solace and Survival”

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Mashpee Wampanoag Prevails in Stopping Interior from Taking Its Land Out of Trust

June 8, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the orders in Mashpee Wampoag Tribe v. Bernhardt (D.D.C.):

Briefs here.