Here is the opinion in In the Matter of White v. State of New York Tax Appeals Tribunal (N.Y. A.D.):
Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher
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.):
Federal Court Rejects Crow Tribe Effort to Reopen Repsis Case Post-Herrera v. Wyoming
Here are the materials in Crow Tribe v. Repsis (D. Wyo.):
Prior post here.
Irrigation Districts Counterclaims against US & Ak-Chin Community Dismissed in Water Rights Suit
Here are the updated materials in Ak-Chin Indian Community v. Maricopa-Stanfield Irrigation & Drainage District (D. Ariz.):
56 US Motion to Dismiss Counterclaims
65 Irrigation Districts Response to 56
73-1 Ak-Chin Motion to Dismiss Counterclaims
81 Irrigation Districts Response to 73
86 Ak-Chin Reply in Support of 73
Prior post here.
D.C. Circuit Rejects Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation Intervention in Scotts Valley Band Pomo Indian Lands Case
New Report on Tribal Co-Management of Federal Public Lands
Highly recommended.
Monte Mills and Martin Nie have published “Bridges to a New Era: A Report on the Past, Present, and Potential Future of Tribal Co-Managment on Federal Public Lands” in the Public Land & Resources Law Review.
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