Eastern Band Cherokee Sues Interior over Catawba Trust Land Decision [Updated]

Here is the complaint in Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians v. Dept. of the Interior (D.D.C.):

1-complaint-4.pdf

2 Motion for TRO

12 Catawba Opposition

13 Federal Opposition

17 EBCI Reply

And here is the Interior decision:

interior-fee-to-trust-decision.pdf

Federal Court Allows Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation Suit against U.S. over Oil Spill to Proceed

Here is the order in Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation v. United States (D.D.C.):

22-dct-order.pdf

Federal Court Dismisses Snoqualmie’s Play for Hunting and Gathering Rights under Treaty of Point Elliott

Here are the materials in Snoqualmie Indian Tribe v. State of Washington (W.D. Wash.):

14-snoqualmie-msj.pdf

27-point-elliott-tribes-amicus-brief.pdf

27-1-exhibits.pdf

29-state-mtd.pdf

31-snoqualmie-response.pdf

38-state-reply.pdf

39-dct-order.pdf

We posted the complaint here.

Dakota Access Pipeline Case to be Argued Today in D.C.

Here is the court calendar.

Here are the tribe-side briefs.

Casino Development Firm Sues Sault Tribe over Lansing and Wayne County Gaming Proposals [updates]

Here is the complaint in JLLJ Development LLC v. Kewadin Casinos Gaming Authority (W.D. Mich.):

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Update:

14-1 Gaming Authority Motion to Dismiss

19 Response

American Indian Law Review, Volume 44, Issue 1

Here:

Front Pages   PDF

Article

How the New Deal Became a Raw Deal for Indian Nations: Justice Stanley Reed and the Tee-Hit-Ton Decision on Indian Title – Kent McNeil   PDF

Comments

Keeping Cultural Bias Out of the Courtroom: How ICWA “Qualified Expert Witnesses” Make a Difference – Elizabeth Low   PDF

Being Uighur . . . with “Chinese Characteristics”: Analyzing China’s Legal Crusade Against Uighur Identity – Brennan Davis   PDF

Notes

United States v. Bryant: The Results of Upholding Women’s Rights and Tribal Sovereignty – Madalynn Martin   PDF

What Are the Odds? The Potential for Tribal Control of Sports Gambling After Murphy v. NCAA – Haley Maynard   PDF

Special Feature

Thickening the Thin Blue Line in Indian Country: Affirming Tribal Authority to Arrest Non-Indians – Alex Treiger   PDF

ABA Profile: “Robert Saunooke champions Native American issues in his career and in the ABA”

Here.

Ninth Circuit Rejects Upper Lake Pomo Citizens’ Play for Trust Land

Here is the unpublished opinion in Jackson v. United States.

Briefs:

opening-brief.pdf

us-brief.pdf

intervenors-brief.pdf

reply-brief.pdf

Lower court materials here.

NPR: “Tribes in Michigan struggle with decision to shut down casinos for coronavirus”

Here.

Sixth Circuit Briefs in Sovereign Lending Case Involving Chippewa Cree Tribe

Here are the briefs in Swiger v. Rosette:

NAFOA Amicus Brief

Reply

Lower court materials in Swiger v. Rosette (E.D. Mich.):