Federal Court Denies Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment in Dispute over Oklahoma Indian Arrow License Plate

Here are the materials in Cressman v. Thompson (W.D. Okla.):

95 OPC Motion for Summary J

96 OTC Motion for Summary J

98 Cressman Motion for Summary J

111 DCT Order Denying Motions for Summary J

This case is slated for trial (!).

Tenth Circuit materials here. Earlier district court materials here.

Wyoming’s Petition Challenging EPA Decision on Wind River Reservation

Here:

Wyo Petition for Reconsideration and Stay 01–6-14 (00034613)

Earlier materials here.

Little Traverse Odawa Council Rejects Effort to Re-open Marriage Equality Question

Here, h/t Pechanga.

Patent and Trademark Office Denies Trademark Protection for “Redskins Hog Rinds”

WaPo coverage here, with link to the PTO letter and attachments here.

Osage Supreme Court Decision in Red Eagle v. Red Corn & Osage Nation Congress

Here:

SPC-2013-03 Slip Opinion

News coverage — “Path cleared for Osage chief’s impeachment trial” — here.

Nooksack COA Briefing in Roberts v. Kelly Complete

Here:

Roberts v Kelly COA Opening Brief of Appellants

Roberts v Kelly COA Response Brief of Appellees

Roberts v Kelly COA Reply Brief of Appellants

Lower court materials here.

Agua Caliente Band v. Riverside County Complaint over Taxes on On-Rez Lessees

Here is the complaint in Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Riverside County (C.D. Cal.):

Complaint

News coverage here.

Galanda Broadman Position Announcement

Here:

Galanda Broadman 2014 Associate Position Announcement

 

“Alaska, We Have a Rape Problem”

Here.

An excerpt:

Alaska, we have a rape problem. Apparently that’s acceptable to most of us or we’d be storming the castle for change.

My blood pressure is still in the stratosphere after reading a recent fundraising letter from our governor. As part of his pitch for money, Sean Parnell listed his “accomplishments.” Most of them were your garden-variety political credit-snatching and posturing, but one had me apopletic.

“… Our Choose Respect initiative has freed Alaskans from domestic violence and sexual assault.”

I’ll wait while you re-read that sentence. …

As the cliche goes, “I may have been born in the morning but not this morning.”

I’m tempted to take off on a name-calling tear, but let’s look at the facts instead.

Alaska was recently rated as the third most violent of the 50 states. (The FBI apparently didn’t get Parnell’s letter, so it continues to work with these things called “crime statistics,” a practice I would recommend to the governor’s office.)

Reid Peyton Chambers to Give 2014 Canby Lecture

Here:

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Friday, January 31, 2014

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