Utah Federal Court Denies EPA Administrative Warrant to Inspect Uintah & Ouray Reservation Air Pollution Sources

Here is the order in In re Ex parte Search Warrant Application IMO Environmental Protection Agency Administrative Inspection of Ute Tribal Land (D. Utah):

Ninth Circuit Materials in Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians v. Bondi

Here are the briefs:

Opening Brief

Answer Brief

State Amicus Brief

Reply

Oral argument:

Lower court materials here.

Utah Federal Court Orders Tribal Court Exhaustion in 12-Year Contract Breach Claim

Here are the materials in Becker v. Ute Indian Tribe (D. Utah):

North Dakota Federal Court Declines to Stay ERISA Claims against Standing Rock while Tribal Court Case on Parallel Claims Proceeds

Here are the new materials in Meilstrup v. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (D. N.D.):

Prior post here.

Eighth Circuit Denies Indian Property Rights (again) and Affirms Dismissal of Trespass Claims against Pipeline Company

Here is the opinion in Chase v. Andeavor Logistics PC.

Briefs:

Lower court materials.

Missouri Federal Court Rejects Tribal Corp. Immunity Defense to Employment Discrimination Claim

Here are the materials in Scott v. Ahtna Engineering Services LLC (W.D. Mo.):

Martorello v. Williams Cert Petition [tribal sovereign lending]

Here:

Questions presented:

1. Whether the Indian Commerce Clause preempts state regulation of loans made on an Indian reservation, by an arm of a tribe, when the borrower contracts via the internet.

2. Whether a violation of the unlawful debt prohibition of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1962, requires scienter for civil liability.

Lower court materials here.

Someone’s either been playing Galaga or reading Gorsuch, or both.

FlintCo LLC v. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Cert Petition

Here:

Prior post here.

New York Federal Court Allows ERISA Suit against Oneida Casino, Citing LDF v. Coughlin

Here are the materials in Jones v. Turning Stone Enterprises LLC (N.D. N.Y.):

1 Complaint

21-1 Motion to Dismiss

29 Opposition

32 Reply

37 DCT Order

UMich-Ross 3rd Annual Native American Heritage Month Conference

Here.

Forrest Cox
Andrea Wilkerson

Agenda (after the jump):

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