Here are the opening briefs in National Mining Assn. v. Jewell:
16 – Open Brief – no Addendum (Quaterra)
18 – Open Brief & Addendum (NMA)
29 – Utah, AZ, NV, MT – Amicus in Favor of Reversal
Here are the opening briefs in National Mining Assn. v. Jewell:
16 – Open Brief – no Addendum (Quaterra)
18 – Open Brief & Addendum (NMA)
29 – Utah, AZ, NV, MT – Amicus in Favor of Reversal
Ann Tweedy has published “Indian Tribes and Gun Regulation: Should Tribes Exercise Their Sovereign Rights to Enact Gun Bans or Stand-Your Ground Laws?” (SSRN) in the Albany Law Review.
Abstract:
This essay examines tribal laws relating to guns. It then discusses whether tribes whose values accord with either gun bans or stand-your-ground laws would be well-served to enact such laws. It concludes that enforcement difficulties and related problems make both types of laws very costly and that tribes are likely to be best served by enacting more modest firearm regulations and/or protecting the right to bear arms (without expanding the right to self-defense). The essay also concludes that the risks tribes face in the area of firearms regulation in particular contravene Congress’ intent in enacting the Indian Civil Rights Act.
Here (PYT VAWA Trial Advocacy Training Packet_updated 2015-04-17):
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Join us for the first ever VAWA Trial Advocacy Training in Tucson, Arizona at the Casino del Sol Conference Center & Resort on the Pascua Yaqui Reservation from May 5-7, 2015. The Pascua Yaqui Tribe hosts this event in collaboration with the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The Training will focus on three tracks: prosecutor, defense attorney, and judicial. The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, the Center for Court Innovation, and local judges will provide substantive trial training specific to VAWA prosecutions, including training on jurisdictional considerations, witness recantation, and evidence considerations. Practical training skills and application of learned skills will take place at the Pascua Yaqui Tribal Court.
All are welcome to register for the May 5th General VAWA Session where the Pascua Yaqui Criminal Justice System will share the Lessons Learned in its first year of exercising Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction. The general session will also host general VAWA specific training on Criminal Jurisdiction, Evidence, and Ethics by Cohen-handbook contributor Melissa Tatum, renowned evidence & trial litigation expert and best-selling author Thomas Mauet, and Jim Diamond, respectively.
The substantive trial skills training days on May 6-7th will be limited and selected on a first-come, first-serve basis. The PYT Office of the Prosecutor will contact approved participants.
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Here is the stipulated judgment in Consumer Financial Protection Board v. S/W Tax Loans Inc. (D. N.M.):
7 Stipulated Final Judgment and Order
We posted the complaint here.
Here is the order in Payne v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (S.D. Miss.):
16 DCT Order Granting Motion to Dismiss
Pleadings here.
The petition is here.
Here are the materials in Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma v. United States (Fed. Cl.):
59 US Motion for Partial Summary J
An excerpt:
In deciding the cross-motions for partial summary judgment on this issue, the Court considered at least two factors. Foremost, the Court notes that fact discovery was still ongoing in this case when the motions were filed. As of March 31, 2015, the Government anticipated producing over 452,000 document images to Plaintiff before the close of fact discovery on April 16,2015. Gov.’s Status Report, Dkt. No. 81, at 5. The Court declines to draw evidentiary conclusions when material facts are in dispute and ongoing discovery may yet shed more light on the issues. Second, the Court must consider the parties’ respective burdens. To prevail at the summary judgment stage, Plaintiff must sufficiently allege a breach of trust by the Government through affirmative evidence of nonpayment so that the finder of fact could not reasonably rule in favor of the Government. See Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 249–50, 106 S.Ct. 2505, 91 L.Ed.2d 202 (1986). The Court finds that the Government’s evidence of accounting records and meeting minutes sufficiently rebuts Plaintiff’s argument so as to create a continuing and genuine dispute. On the other hand, the Government has not convinced the Court that records of emptied Treasury accounts and presumptions of regularity are sufficient to decide this issue. Plaintiff’s evidence of meeting minutes and the conclusions of the Quapaw Analysis satisfy the Court, again, that the issue is in genuine dispute. Therefore, the Court denies both motions for partial summary judgment on the question of whether the Tribe is entitled to recover some or all of the trust funds.
We posted earlier on this matter here.
Here is the motion in White Earth Nation v. Kerry (D. Minn.):
We posted the complaint here.
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