Here is the opinion in Standing Bear v. Whitehorn:
Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher
News Coverage of Nooksack Tribal Council Disbarment of Galanda Broadman
Federal Court Holds Tribal Immunity Doesn’t Bar Subpoena
Here are the materials in Grand Canyon Skywalk Development LLC v. Steele (D. Nev.) (No. 15-663):
[8 Response sealed]
Additional Update on Nooksack Disenrollments; Did Tribe Bar Plaintiff’s Counsel from Proceeding with Disenrollment Defense?
Here are the new materials in Belmont v. Kelly (Nooksack Tribal Court):
Belmont v. Kelly Case Management Order Re Motion for Judicial Notice
Belmont v. Kelly Declaration of Gabriel S Galanda
Belmont v. Kelly Fourth Declaration of Michelle Roberts
Belmont v. Kelly Motion for Judicial Notice
The first document above references Nooksack council resolutions 16-27 and 16-28. 16-27, enacted on February 24, provides:
Whenever the Tribal Council becomes aware that any advocate’s behavior and/or practices reflect so poorly upon the proper administration of justice before the Nooksack Tribal Court of the Nooksack Indian Tribe, the Tribal Council may revoke any privileges provided to such person(s) and bar them from further practice in any administrative tribunal before the Nooksack Indian Tribe or proceeding before the Nooksack Tribal Court. Tribal Council may hold such hearings as necessary to ensure that such behavior and/or practices are proven; or, as may be necessary to correct such past behavior and/or practices.
In the judicial order above, the court described 16-28:
On the same date, February 24, 2016, the Nooksack Tribal Council enacted Resolution #16-28, barring Gabriel Galanda and other attorneys in the Galanda Broadman law firm from practicing in the Nooksack Tribal Court and from engaging in business on Nooksack Tribal lands.
The court ordered the tribal defendants to produce an affidavit describing the process offered the Galanda firm before issuing 16-28, on the theory that the Indian Civil Rights Act requires at least some process.
We will continue to observe the troubling doings at Nooksack.
Frank Pommersheim Talk at Snoqualmie (4-4-16)
Here:
Yet Another Suit against Western Sky Proceeds
Here are the materials in Smith v. Western Sky Financial LLC (E.D. Pa.):
Another motion to dismiss or stay based on tribal exhaustion and the sham Western Sky arbitration/forum selection clauses. When will Rule 11 kick in?
2016 NNALSA Moot Court
Final Round Judges and Oralists:
Congrats to Kansas for prevailing!
More pics….
MSU Moot Court Team [Elise McGowan-Cuellar directed the competition, and so she gets the waabigwan]
Our new best friend, Karen Rice! [and that’s Hunter Cox doing some heavy listing on the left]
U of A Fed Bar Reception
Here:
Update in Nooksack Disenrollment; Tribe’s Reconsideration Motion Denied
Here are the materials in Belmont v. Kelly (Nooksack Tribal Court):
Belmont v. Kelly Defendants’ Reply on Reconsideration
Belmont v. Kelly Order Denying Defendants’ Motion for Reconsideration
Belmont v. Kelly Plaintiffs’ Response to Motion for Reconsideration
Prior proceedings in this matter here.
D.C. Circuit Rejects Challenge to Keepseagle Settlement
Here is the opinion in Keepseagle v. Vilsack.
An excerpt:
Appellant Timothy LaBatte, a class member in a class action against the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”), seeks to intervene in that class action – despite the fact that the action was settled and closed – after his claim for compensation under the terms of the action’s settlement agreement was denied. We affirm the District Court’s determination that it lacked ancillary jurisdiction to hear Labatte’s challenge. We do so because LaBatte’s motion to intervene is unrelated to the underlying lawsuit and because the District Court was not required to hear LaBatte’s motion in order to effectuate its decrees.
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