Ninth Circuit Revives Some Claims in Tribal Gaming Developers’ Suit against City of Richmond

Here is the unpublished opinion in Guidiville Rancheria v. United States.

“Insistence on French for SCC judges could block historic appointment of first Indigenous judge”

Here.

This is the World We Live in Now (OK, always): “WH correspondent & cronies: ‘Native Indians’ should ‘go back to your country'”

Here.

Patchak v. Zinke Background Materials

Here are the merits briefs:

Patchak Merits Brief

Joint Appendix

US Merits Brief

Gun Lake Merits Brief

Patchak Merits Reply

Here are the amicus briefs:

Federal Courts Scholars Brief in Support of Petitioners

Fed. Cts. and Indian Law Scholars in Support of Respondents

Brief Amici Curiae of Wayland Township, et al. in Support of Respondents

Brief for the U.S. House of Representatives as Amicus Curiae Supporting Respondents

Brief Amicus Curiae of National Congress of American Indians in Support of Respondents

Brief Amicus Curiae of Professor Edward A Hartnett in Support of Respondents

Here are the cert stage briefs:

Patchak Cert Petition

Federal Cert Opp

Gun Lake Cert Opp

Patchak Reply

Here are the D.C. Circuit materials:

Opinion

Patchak Opening Brief

Tribe Response Brief

US Response Brief

Patchak Reply Brief

District court materials:

Patchak v Jewell – Gun Lake Tribe (Judge Leon Opinion)

78 Gun Lake Tribe Motion for Summary J

80-1 Patchak Motion for Summary J

85 US Opposition

86 Gun Lake Tribe Opposition

87 Patchak Opposition to Gun Lake Tribe Motion

88 Gun Lake Tribe Reply

90 Patchak Reply

Legislative materials:

Senate Hearing

House Report

Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act

Next Time You Ask about Individual Rights Protections in Tribal Courts, Think about this Decision First (Part II)

See Emily Bazelon’s “She Was Convicted of Killing Her Mother.Prosecutors Withheld the Evidence That Would Have Freed Her. By the time Noura Jackson’s conviction was overturned, she had spent nine years in prison. This type of prosecutorial error is almost never punished.

Above the Law has additional commentary here.

Ninth Circuit Argument Video in Appeals in Challenge to Ione Band Gaming Related Trust Acquisition

Here is the video in No Casino in Plymouth v. Zinke (briefs here).

Here is the video in County of Amador v. Dept. of Interior (briefs here).

Next Time You Ask about Individual Rights Protections in Tribal Courts, Think about this Decision First

From Slate: “ICE Doesn’t Have to Pay Damages to U.S. Citizen It Detained for Three Years (!), Court Rules.”

Here is the Second Circuit opinion in Watson v. United States.

Eighth Circuit Enjoins Pursuit of Tribal Remedies in Minerals Royalties Dispute

Here is the opinion in Enerplus Resources (USA) Corporation v. Wilkinson.

Materials here.

Tribal Comments on Dynamic Risk Draft Alternatives Analysis (Line 5)

Here:

Tribal Comments on Dynamic Risk Draft Alternatives Assessment

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Announcing: Fletcher’s “Principles of Federal Indian Law” (West Concise Hornbook Series, available 8/20/2017)

Here:

Fletcher Principles Cover