Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Washington COA Dismisses Cowlitz Appeal Involving Release of Surveillance Video

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Cowlitz Tribal Gaming Authority v. Clark County Sheriff’s Office:

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Briefs here:

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Tenth Circuit Affirms Major Crimes Act Conviction over Challenge to Antelope Decision Inspired by Brackeen DCT Opinion

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in United States v. Jim.

Briefs here.

Arizona SCT Holds Tribal Company Did Not Establish Status as Subordinate Entity and Was Not Entitled to Immunity

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Hwal’Bay Ba J Enterprises v. Jantzen:

hwalbay-v.-jantzen-ariz-2020.pdf

An excerpt:

An Indian tribe’s “subordinate economic organization” serves as an “arm of the tribe” and therefore shares its sovereign immunity. This tort case affords us an opportunity to identify factors courts should examine to decide whether a tribal entity serves in that capacity. After doing so, we conclude the tribal entity here did not prove it is a subordinate economic organization entitled to share the tribe’s immunity, and the superior court therefore did not err by denying the entity’s motion to dismiss.

Briefs are here.

Seminole Tribe & Boyd Gaming Sue Visa & MasterCard for Sherman Act Violations

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Boyd Gaming Corp. v. Visa Inc. (S.D. Fla.):

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California COA Decides CEQA Appeal Involving Tribal Cultural Resources

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Save the Agoura Cornell Knoll v. City of Agoura Hills:

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HCN News Profile on Oklahoma Governor Stitt Continues with Original Documents

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “The Cherokee Nation once fought to disenroll Gov. Kevin Stitt’s ancestors.”

Prior article here.

News Profile of the Wet’suwet’en Crisis

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

From Tyee, here.

Wisconsin ILSA Conference Announcement

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

ILSA—the Indigenous Law Students Association at the University of Wisconsin Law School—presents its 34th Annual Coming Together of Peoples conference, featuring two days of speakers and panels on a variety of Federal Indian law topics.

The conference is free and open to the public. 

You can register and find more event information here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/34th-annual-coming-together-of-peoples-conference-registration-92910290179

Alaska Native Woman Sues Nome over “Indifference” to Sexual Assaults on Native Women

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Hardy v. City of Nome (D. Alaska):

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Press release here.

News Profile of Spokane Tribe Compensation for Construction of Grand Coulee Dam

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “Spokane Tribe celebrates compensation for damage caused by Grand Coulee Dam.”