Campo Band Allowed to Intervene in Suit Challenging Wind Energy Project

Here are materials so far in Backcountry Against Dumps v. Bureau of Indian Affairs (S.D. Cal.):

42 Amended Complaint

46-1 Terra-Gen Motion to Dismiss

49-1 Campo Band Motion to Intervene

55 Opposition to Motion to Intervene

56 Campo Reply in Support of Motion to Intervene

60-1 BIA Motion to Dismiss

61 Backcountry Response to BIA Motion to Dismiss

62 BIA Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss

63 Terra-Gen Reply

65-1 Backcountry Motion for PI

74 DCT Order Granting Motion to Intervene

Split Minnesota COA Panel Rules in Favor of Enbridge Line 3

Here is the opinion in In the Matter of the Application of Enbridge Energy.

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Challenge to Indian Health Service Contract with Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

Here is today’s order list.

Here is the case page for Gilbert v. Weahkee.

Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of Yakama Nation in Reservation Boundaries Case

Here is the opinion in Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation v. Klickitat County.

Briefs here.

Penn. Commonwealth Court Reverses Penn. Human Relations Commission Order against School District with Red**ins Name

Here is the opinion in Neshaminy School District v. Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission:

Opinion

An utterly strange excerpt:

There can be no dispute that the Act is intended to be used to eliminate unlawful discriminatory practices, as defined by Section 5(i)(1), within Pennsylvania. The Commission’s authority is defined by the Act, and the Act’s plain language may not be ignored in an effort, however laudable, to pursue its spirit. Reviewing the Act’s plain language, the record, and the Commission’s Final Opinion and Order, we agree with the Commission that it had jurisdiction over the District and that the claims raised were not barred by the statute of limitations. The Commission’s holding that the District violated Section 5(i)(1) based on the educational harm caused to non-Native American students was predicated on “[t]he non-Native American student bystanders [being] impacted by the District’s discrimination against Native Americans ….” (Final Op. and Order at 48 (emphasis added).) However, the Commission dismissed both claims alleging that the District committed an unlawful discriminatory practice causing harm to Native American students, on the basis that such harm was either speculative or not supported by the evidence. That dismissal was not appealed and is not before us. Because the Commission dismissed the claims of discrimination against Native American students, the predicate under Section 5(i)(1) to sustain the claim for harm to non-Native American students was not there. Therefore, the determination is not supported by the Act’s plain language. Accordingly, the Commission’s Order is reversed.

Federal Suit against Interior and Navajo re: Removal from Indian Education Committee at a Gallup School is Dismissed

Here are the materials in Chicharello v. Dept. of the Interior (D.N.M.):

1 Complaint

19 Navajo Motion to Dismiss

34 US Motion to Dismiss

35 DCT Order

45 Amended Complaint

47 DCT Order

Keystone XL Pipeline Cancelled

Here.

Phillips v. Oneida Indian Nation Cert Petition

Here:

Phillips v OIN Cert Petition

Lower court materials here.

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Case Raising Immovable Property Exception to Tribal Immunity

Here is today’s order list.

The Court denied cert in Seneca County v. Cayuga Indian Nation, materials here.

Little Traverse Odawa En Banc Petition in Reservation Boundaries Case

Here:

LTBB En Banc Petition

Panel materials here.