New Jobs in Interior Dept.

Attorney at the regional office in Salt Lake City.  Looks like the focus is Bureau of Reclamation, but there might be some Indian law work involved:

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/414679500

 

And paralegal in DC, in the Division of Indian Affairs:

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/414607500

CFR Court Prosecutor and Public Defender Solicitations

The below Request for Quotes are available on the Federal Business Opportunities website. Please note, they are advertised as 100% Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise Set-aside in accordance with the Buy Indian Act.

  1. RFQ No. A15PS01328, closes 9/10/2015, Prosecutor
  1. RFQ No. A15PS01329, closes 9/10/2015 Public Defender

Please direct all questions to the Contracting Officer listed on the solicitation

Jessica Intermill on Federal Statutes of General Applicability

Jessica Intermill has published “Competing Sovereigns: Circuit Courts’ Varied Approaches to Federal Statutes in Indian Country” in the September 2015 issue of the Federal Lawyer. The article details the Sixth Circuit’s varied approaches in Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Tribal Government v. NLRB and NLRB v. Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort (en banc petition materials here).

Eleventh Circuit Rules in Favor of Poarch Band in Gaming Dispute with Alabama

Here is the opinion in State of Alabama v. PCI Gaming Authority.

Briefs are here.

Arizona Bar Journal Article on Study re: Native Attorneys

Here is “Groundbreaking Survey: Native Attorney Views of the Legal Profession” by Mary Smith, published in Arizona Attorney

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Prevails in Contract Action against Gaming Management Company

Here is the opinion in Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe v. Bettor Racing Inc. (Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal Court):

Memorandum Decision and Order Granting PLTS MSJ

Materials in a related federal case are here and here.

66 Grand Ronde Treaty Descendants Judicially Disenrolled

Here are the materials in Alexander v. Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde:

At request of counsel for the plaintiffs (see statement below), we have removed these docs:

To Whom It May Concern:
At the behest of the Grand Ronde Tribal Government’s legal counsel, we have removed from our firm’s social media pages any links to certain legal briefs which were sealed under the Grand Ronde Tribal Court’s order issued in September of 2014.  We ask that you likewise remove any legal briefs from your pages.  We regret the inadvertent disclosure of these legal briefs.

North Carolina Business Court Bars Western Sky from Lending in the State

Here is the opinion in State ex rel. Cooper v. Western Sky Financial LLC (N.C. Bus. Ct.):

2015_NCBC_84

Sixth Circuit En Banc Petition Materials in Little River & Saginaw Chippewa v. NLRB Cases

Here are the materials in NLRB v. Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Tribal Government:

LRB Motion

LRB En Banc Petition

NLRB Response to LRB En Banc Petition

NCAI Amicus Brief

SCIT Amicus Brief

* note: the NLRB also seeks en banc review

And here are the materials in Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort v. NLRB:

Saginaw Chippewa En Banc Petition

NCAI Amicus Brief

Ho-Chunk Nation Cert Opposition Brief

Here is the brief in opposition in Wisconsin v. Ho-Chunk Nation:

Ho-Chunk Nation Cert Opposition Brief

Cert petition here.