Here is the unpublished opinion in Bird v. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Alcoholic Beverage Control (N.C. Ct. App.):
Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Oklahoma Sues Interior over Mining Regulatory Jurisdiction on the Creek Reservation
Here is the complaint in State of Oklahoma v. Dept. of the Interior (W.D. Okla.):
Denezpi v. United States — Cert Petition re: CFR Courts as Federal Courts
Here is the petition and appendix:
Lower court materials here.
Question presented:
Is the Court of Indian Offenses of Ute Mountain Ute Agency a federal agency such that Merle Denezpi’s conviction in that court barred his subsequent prosecution in a United States District Court for a crime arising out of the same incident?
Update:
Oklahoma Criminal Appellate Court to Hear Osage Reservation Boundaries Case
Here are materials so far in Young v. State of Oklahoma:
New York Appellate Division Concludes State Cannot Tax Unstamped Smokes Confiscated During an Illegal Search by Police
Here is the opinion in In the Matter of White v. State of New York Tax Appeals Tribunal (N.Y. A.D.):
Federal Court Rejects Immunity Defense in Tribal Payday Lending Matter
Here are the relevant materials in Brice v. Stinson (N.D. Cal.):
182 Motion for Summary Judgment
An excerpt:
Plaintiffs seek summary judgment on defendants’ third affirmative defense; that some defendants are protected by or some claims extinguished by tribal immunity. In their opposition, defendants admit they personally “are not entitled to assert or invoke sovereign immunity as a defense to these claims” but nonetheless argue plaintiffs’ litigation “of these claims against shareholders of entities providing contractual services to those lenders is a significant infringement on the sovereignty of the tribes. . . . .” Dkt. No. 197 at 22. Defendants miss the point. The claims here hinge on the personal conduct of the defendants. While that conduct is based in significant part on the services defendants personally engaged in or approved to be provided to the Tribes, the claims do not impede on the sovereignty of the Tribes where the Tribes are not defendants in this case and no Tribal Entities remain. Absent apposite caselaw or facts showing how this action “interferes with the purpose or operation of a federal policy regarding tribal interests,” tribal immunity is irrelevant to this action.
Ninth Circuit Briefs in Stephen C. v. Bureau of Indian Education [Havasupai]
Michigan (“largely”) Prevails over Keweenaw Bay Indian Community on Sales and Use Taxes
Here are the updated materials in Keweenaw Bay Indian Community v. Khouri (W.D. Mich.):
421 DCT Order re State Prosecutions
422 DCT Order re Protective Order
Prior post here.
Update on ICRA Habeas Petition by Washoe Tribe Prisoners — Petition Dismissed for Lack of Exhaustion of Remedies
Here are the updated materials in Lundy v. Balaam (D. Nev.):
Prior post here.
Federal Court Holds S. Cal. Indian Health Consortium Immune from Suit
Here are the materials in Manzano v. Southern Indian Health Council Inc. (S.D. Cal.):
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