Michigan Circuit Court Enforces LTBB Tribal Court Civil Contempt Sanction against Attorney under Michigan Court Rule 2.615

Here is the opinion in Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Tribal Court v. Beck:

2018 03 14 Opinion

Bay Mills Indian Community Letter to Enbridge on Line 5

An important statement. Here:

Letter to Enbridge.3.23.18

UC Davis Law Review Symposium on Educational Diversity

Here:

MAKING ROOM FOR MORE: THEORIZING EDUCATIONAL DIVERSITY AND IDENTIFYING BEST PRACTICES IN THE AGE OF FISHER

Foreword: Diversity in the Legal Academy After Fisher II 

Intersectional Barriers to Tenure 

Race, Cognitive Biases, and the Power of Law Student Teaching Evaluations 

Echoes of Slavery II: How Slavery’s Legacy Distorts Democracy 

The Power of Imagination: Diversity and the Education of Lawyers and Judges 

Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Sues Big Pharma

Here is the complaint in Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. McKesson Corp. (Wis. Cir. Ct.):

2018.03.16 – 00-summons and complaint

Coverage of Upper Skagit Oral Argument

SCOTUSblog: “Justices dubious about tribal immunity from state-court actions to adjudicate title to land, but hesitant to embrace new theory

Law360: “Justices Wary Of Weakening Tribal Immunity In Property Row

Courthouse News: “High Court Grapples With Tribe’s Sovereign Immunity

Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, Suquamish Tribe, and Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe Sue Opioid Pushers

Here is the complaint in Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe v. Purdue Pharma LP (W.D. Wash.):

180305 – WD Wash Tribal Opioid Complaint (Final)

Oral Argument Transcript in Upper Skagit v. Lundgren

Here.

Background materials here.

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (3/20/2018)

Here:

The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 3/20/18.

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Petition was filed in Harvey, et al., v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, et al. (Exhaustion of Tribal Remedies) on 3/7/18.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2018.html

  • Tribal lending and tribal sovereignty.
  • Beyond trademark: The Washington Redskins case and the search for dignity.
  • International Indigenous economic law.

Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v. BNSF Railway Company (Rights-of Way; Trespass)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Health & Welfare section we feature an article about an NCAI five-year report on tribal nations exercising the Violence Against Women Act.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bills were added:
H.R.5317: To repeal section 2141 of the Revised Statutes to remove the prohibition on certain alcohol manufacturing on Indian lands.

Federal Court Rejects Yankton Sioux Arguments on Dakota Access Pipeline

Here are the materials in the consolidated cases known as Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of Engineers (D.D.C.):

292 Yankton Sioux Tribe Motion for Summary J

317-1 Army Corps Response

319 Dakota Access Response

324 Reply

341 DCT Order

South Dakota NALSA Symposium — March 22-23, 2018

Here (PDF):

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