Interior & Spokane Tribe Prevail over Spokane County & Kalispel Tribe re: Spokane Casino

Here are the materials in Kalispel Tribe of Indians v. Dept. of Interior (E.D. Wash.):

79 Kalispe MSJ

82 Spokane County MSJ

96 Spokane Tribe Cross MSJ

98 DOI Cross MSJ

113 Kalispel Reply

114 Spokane County Reply

115 Spokane Tribe Reply

116 DOI Reply

118 DCT Order

We posted the complaint here.

Federal Court Materials in MHA Nation Allottees Trespass Suit against Oil and Gas Companies

Here are the materials so far in Hall v. Tesoro High Plains Gas Co. LLC (D.N.D.):

9-amended-complaint.pdf

21-motion-to-dismiss.pdf

30-response.pdf

35-reply.pdf

Here are materials in a related case, Chase v. Andeavor Logistics LP (W.D. Tex.):

22 Motion to Transfer

25 Memo in Support

28 Amended Complaint

40 Response to Motion to Transfer

57 Reply

67 DCT Order Granting Motion to Transfer

South Dakota SCT Dismisses Tort Claim Arising on Pine Ridge

Here is the opinion in Chase Alone v. Brunsch, Inc.:

opinion-2.pdf

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (7/10/2019)

Here:

The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 7/10/19.

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2019.html
Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Department of Health and Human Services (Indian Health Care Improvement Act)
Williams v. Big Picture Loans, LLC (Sovereign Immunity) 

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article) 
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2019.html

  • Beyond an emergency declaration: Tribal governments and the opioid crisis. 
  • ‘Race, racism, and American law’: A seminar from the Indigenous, Black, and Immigrant legal perspectives. 
  • Texas Indian holocaust and survival: McAllen Grace Brethren Church v. Salazar. 

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief: 

  • Upcoming House subcomittee hearing on several Indian Country bills 
  • Tracking the 2020 Census 
  • Bipartisan bill to reinstate grants for Native American language programs passes the Senate

U.S. Legislation – 116th Congress Bulletin 
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html
The following bills were recently proposed in the Senate: 
S.2307 – Building Indigenous STEM Professionals Act
S.1977 – Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Water Rights Settlement Act

High Country News: “How to Indigenize the Green New Deal and environmental justice”

Here.

Michigan SCT Rules Former Tribal Official who Committed Crime in Office Eligible to Run for State Office

Here is the opinion in Paquin v. City of St. Ignace:

michigan-sct-opinion.pdf

And the lone brief I was able to unearth:

ag-brief.pdf

Lower court decision here.

Mr. Paquin’s indictment here.

Summary Judgment Motions in Stand Up v. Interior [Wilton Rancheria]

Here are the materials in Stand Up for California! v. Dept. of Interior (D.D.C.):

57 Motion to Supplement Record

59 Tribe Opposition

60 DOI Opposition

61 Reply

62 DCT Order Denying Motion to Supplement Record

70 Second Motion to Compel

71 Tribe Opposition

72 DOI Opposition

75 Reply

76-1 Tribe Surreply

77-1 DOI Surreply

80 DCT Order Denying Second Motion

91 Stand Up Motion for Summary Judgmen

96 Tribe Cross-Motion

98-1 DOI Cross-Motion

100 Stand Up Reply

103 Tribe Reply

104 DOi Reply

Prior post here.

Federal Court Dismisses Employment Action against Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

Here are the materials in Wilson v. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (D. Alaska):

32 Motion to Disqualify Counsel

49 Second Amended Complaint

51 Motion to Dismiss

56 US Statement re 32

57 Plaintiffs’ Response to 32 and 51

67-1 Reply in Support of 32

69 Plaintiffs’ Surreply re 32

73 Plaintiffs’ Response to 51 + Motion for Discovery

78 Opposition to Motion for Discovery

79 Reply in Support of 51

81 Reply in Support of Motion for Disco

87 DCT Order

Split Eighth Circuit Reinstates MCA Manslaughter Indictment of Mother of Newborn Killed by Drug Toxicity

Apparently the first time the federal government has prosecuted a drug addicted mother for the death of a newborn.

Here is the opinion in United States v. Flute.

Briefs:

Appellant Brief

Appellee Brief

Reply

District Court materials (D.S.D.):

2 Redacted Indictment

25 Motion to Dismiss

26 Response

27 Reply

37 DCT Order