NYTs: “Native American Tribes Move to Make Real Estate a Force for Renewal”

Here.

Ninth Circuit Rejects Big Sandy’s Effort to Avoid State Cigarette Taxes

Here is the opinion in Big Sandy Rancheria Enterprises v. Bonta.

Briefs:

Big Sandy Opening Brief

California Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.

The Intercept News Profile on Tribal Sovereign Lending

Here.

Sovereign Lending Tribe Wins Partial Victory in Conn. SCT

Here is the opinion in Great Plains Lending LLC v. State of Conn. Dept. of Banking:

Connecticut SCT Opinion

Briefs here.

Harvard Law Review Casenote on Williams v. Medley Opportunity Fund II [tribal payday lending]

Here is “Williams v. Medley Opportunity Fund II, LP: Third Circuit Rules that Tribal Payday Lenders Cannot Compel Arbitration.”

We posted the materials on this case here.

Federal Suit against MHA Nation-Affiliated Lending Business Stayed Pending Fourth Circuit Decision in Hengle v. Treppa

Here are the materials in Manago v. Cane Bay Partners VII LLLP (D. Md.):

40 Amended Complaint

73-1 Motion to Stay

76 Opposition

82 DCT Order Granting Motion for Stay

The briefs in Hengle v. Treppa are here.

Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Title VII Claims against Chickasaw Nation Business

Here is the unpublished opinion in Bacy v. Chickasaw Nation Industries Inc.

Briefs:

Opening Brief

Answer Brief

Reply

Lower court opinion here:

40 DCT Order

Federal Court in Oregon Declines to Dismiss Suit against Big Picture Loans-Affiliated Individual

Here are the materials so far in Smith v. Martorello (D. Or.):

100 Amended Complaint

106 Motion to Dismiss

120 Opposition

123 Reply

146 Magistrate Report

148 Objections

149 Rule 19 Motion

150 Response to 148

152 Response to 149

155 Reply in Support of 149

156 DCT Order

Sixth Circuit Enforces Tribal Sovereign Lending Arbitration Clause

Here is the opinion in Swiger v. Rosette.

Briefs here.

North Dakota SCT Confirms Tribal Immunity Cloaks Tribal Business

Here are the materials in State of North Dakota by and through Workforce Safety and Insurance v. Cherokee Services Corp.:

2021ND36 — Opinion

Appellant Brief

Appellee Brief

Reply