South Dakota Indian Delegation at the Baby Veronica Argument

Here:

Indian Spectators at Baby Veronica Argument

Via.

More Contract Support Costs Suits against Indian Health Service

Here:

Seminole Complaint

St. Croix Complaint

 

Supreme Court Cert Petition Alleging Montana Interference with Navajo Sovereignty

I think. The petition is a bit confusing. Here is the petition in Butler v. Montana:

Butler v Montana Cert Petition

Question presented (which tells us almost nothing):

The question presented is whether the justice of the peace, presiding over a court of no record, exercised jurisdiction over a sovereign nation in contravention of New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe, 462 U.S. 324, 338, 103 S. Ct. 2378, 2388-89, 76 L. Ed. 2d 611 (1983), and federal statutes conferring jurisdiction solely on the Navajo Nation by preventing Petitioner from hunting in the Navajo Nation.

Lower court decision, State v. Butler, here:

Montana SCT Decision

Apparently, this is an appeal to the Montana court’s order that Butler violated his probation he received for hunting violations in Montana because he went hunting on the Navajo Nation.

Just no.

California COA Grants Habeas Petition of Oklahoma Indian w/ AIM Ties Who Was Denied Parole

Over a dissent, I might add. Here is the opinion in In re Stoneroad:

A132591

 

Stillaguamish RICO Suit against Former Elected Officials and Others to Proceed against Most Defendants

Here are the materials in Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians v. Nelson (W.D. Wash.):

283 Chapman Motion

296 Nelson Motion

323 Ashley Motion for Summary J

339 Stillaguamish Response to Ashley Motion

342 Stillaguamish Response to Chapman and Nelson Motions

346 Ashley Reply

351 Nelson Reply

DCT Order on Defendants Motion for Summary J

Complaint and earlier materials here.

Court of Federal Claims Allows Bristol Bay Area Health Corp. CSC Claims against US to Proceed

Here are the materials in the slow-moving Bristol Bay Area Health Corp. v. United States (Fed. Cl.):

4-18-13 Order Denying Motion to Dismiss

US Motion to Dismiss

Bristol Bay Opposition

Bristol Bay Supplemental Brief

US Supplemental Brief

Montana Lawyer Article on the Zepeda Case

Here, see pages 28-30.

DOJ: Tribal Consultation on Implementation of VAWA’s Criminal Jurisdiction Provisions

Details here:

Invitation to Tribal Consultation April 2013

AALS Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples Section Call for Papers

Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples Section of the AALS

Call for Papers for the AALS Annual Meeting

New York City, NY, Jan. 2-5, 2014

The AALS Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples Section invites submissions on the topic “The Relationship Between Indian Law and Tribal Law” for the Section’s 2014 AALS conference panel. The American Indian Law Review has agreed to publish selected papers associated with this call (the Law Review of course reserves the final publication decision). Please submit full papers, not just abstracts, to the Section Chair, Ezra Rosser, at erosser@wcl.american.edu, by August 1, 2013. We anticipate interpreting the topic broadly, so please submit if you are doing work related to this year’s topic! The Section Executive Committee (in connection with the Law Review) will inform you if you have been chosen to be on the panel by August 14, 2013 so that you will know in time for the Spring Law Review submission cycle.

Federal Court Rejects Double Jeopardy-Related Habeas Petition from Prisoner Previously Convicted in Tribal Court

Here are the materials in Jacobs v. United States (D. S.D.):

2255 Motion

Government’s Response

Jacobs’ Response

DCT Order Denying Habeas Relief

Materials from Mr. Jacobs’ direct appeal of his conviction based on the 1868 Fort Laramie treaty is here.