Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Third Circuit Rejects Immunity Defense of Fork Belknap Sovereign Lending Company

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Ransom v. GreatPlains Finance LLC.

Briefs:

GreatPlains Brief

Amicus Brief

Ransom Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.

UDub 38th Annual Indian Law Symposium (Sept. 4-5, 2025)

Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Register here.

SCHEDULE PREVIEW

Thursday, Sept. 4

  • Litigation and Federal Legislative Updates
  • Keynote: Professor Kekek Stark (Turtle Mountain), Alexander Blewitt III School of Law, University of Montana
  • Fish and the Future
  • Mining and Transboundary Impacts
  • Ethics: Maya Titova and Jaxi Sehorn, Staff Attorneys, Tribal Public Defense Clinic, Native American Law Center, UW School of Law

Friday, Sept. 5

  • NEPA…Still?
  • Keynote: Bryan Newland (Bay Mills), Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville, PC, Washington, DC
  • The Mighty Columbia; Old Challenges, New Developments

More details here:

Enduring Values in an Era of Constant ChangeDownload

Utah Federal Court Declines to Allow Ute Tribe to Intervene in Federal Environmental Enforcement Action against Tribal Business Partner

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are materials in United States v. Ovintiv USA Inc. (D. Utah)/United States v. Fourpoint Resources LLC (D. Utah):

16 Motion to Intervene

42 Ute Tribe Brief

43 Federal Brief

44 Reply

45 DCT Order

D.C. Circuit Decides Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians v. HHS

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians v. Dept. of Health and Human Services.

Briefs:

Red Lake Brief

US Answer Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.

Louisiana Appellate Court Rejects Claims of Serial Claimant against Chitimacha Tribe

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the unpublished opinion in Spivey v. Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana:

Unpublished OpinionDownload

Related post here.

Potawatomi Gathering Judicial Conference @ Gun Lake Tribe

Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Shawn Watts, Mike Petoskey, and Dave Petersen
Baylee Ogle and MF

New York Federal (Again) Declines to Dismiss Cayuga Nation’s Suit against New York Gaming Agency

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the new materials in Cayuga Nation v. New York State Gaming Commission (N.D. N.Y.):

63 Renewed Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
65 Opposition.pdfDownload
76 Reply.pdfDownload
80 Amended Complaint.pdfDownload
83 DCT Order.pdfDownload

Prior post here.

Apache Women Sue US over Proposed Oak Flat Destruction

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Lopez v. United States (D.D.C.):

1 Complaint.pdfDownload

Red Cliff Ojibwe Sues 3M over PFAS

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. 3M (D.S.C.):

11 Amended Complaint.pdfDownload

Ninth Circuit Reverses Gila River/San Carlos Apache Water Rights Victory

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Gila River Indian Community v. Schoubroek.

Here are available briefs:

San Carlos Apache Answer Brief.pdfDownload
Reply Brief.pdfDownload

Lower court materials here.