Here is the opinion in Gila River Indian Community v. Dept. of Veterans Affairs.
Briefs here.
Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Tenth Circuit Dismisses Objectors’ Appeal of Pojoaque Valley Water Settlement
Here is the opinion in State of New Mexico v. Aamodt.
Briefs:
Answering Brief for the United States of America
Appellant’s Consolidated Reply Brief to Appellees’ and Appellees in Intervention’s Briefs
Appellant’s Supplemental Brief Pursuant to the Court’s April 5, 2018 Order
Joint Answer Brief of Defendants-Appellees Santa Fe County and City of Santa Fe
Response Brief of Appellee the Rio De Tesuque Association, Inc.
Eighth Circuit Briefs in Brakebill v. Jaeger
Sherry Treppa on Tribal Role in California Wildfire Response
Here is “Emergencies highlight critical tribal role.”
Background Materials in Washington State Department of Licensing v. Cougar Den, Inc.
Supreme Court
–Merits Stage
Sacred Ground Legal Services Amicus Brief
–Cert Stage
supplemental brief for respondent in response to brief of us solicitor general
Washington Supreme Court
Here is the opinion in Cougar Den Inc. v. Washington State Dept. of Licensing.
Briefs:
92289-6 Appellant’s Opening Brief
New Scholarship on Tribal Jurisdiction to Protect Native Women and Children
Sarah Deer & Mary Kathryn Nagle have published Return to Worcester: Dollar General and the Restoration of Tribal Jurisdiction to Protect Native Women and Children in the Harvard Journal of Law and Gender.
An excerpt:
The Supreme Court’s recent 4-4 tie-vote in Dollar General Corp. v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians signals a distinctive shift away from the incoherent modern framework created by Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe—a framework that stripped Tribal Nations of their inherent authority to protect Native women from non-Indian perpetrated violence. With four Justices voting for—and not against—tribal jurisdiction, Dollar General signals a return to the Court’s 1832 decision in Worcester v. Georgia, wherein the Court affirmed the exclusive authority of Tribal Nations to exercise criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians who willingly enter tribal lands. For Native women—and the Tribal Nations that seek to protect them—the Court’s 2016 result in Dollar General signals a significant victory.
Tenth Circuit Decides Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town v. United States
Here is the opinion in Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town v. United States.
Briefs here.
Rock Your Mocs — August 16, 2018 — Historic Fort Wayne (Detroit)
Here (pdf):
Ninth Circuit Rejects Treaty Defense in United States v. King Mountain Tobacco (Nos. 14-36055, 16-35607)
An excerpt:
We affirm our longstanding rule that Indians—like all citizens—are subject to federal taxation unless expressly exempted by a treaty or congressional statute. Hoptowit, 709 F.2d at 566. In this case, neither the General Allotment Act nor the Treaty with the Yakamas expressly exempts King Mountain from the federal excise tax on manufactured tobacco products. King Mountain is therefore liable for payment of the tax and associated penalties and interest.
Briefs here.
The CA9 also rejected an appeal on a discovery issue in this matter (docket number 16-35956):
Briefs in that matter here.
Federal Court Dismisses Title VII Complaint against Salish Kootenai College
Here are the materials in McCoy v. Salish Kootenai College Inc. (D. Mont.):
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