Here are the materials in Great Plains Lending LLC v. State of Connecticut Dept. of Banking (Conn. Super.):
Briefs here.
economic development
Kiowa Tribal Members Sue Over Unpaid Pipeline
Plaintiffs’ complaint in Davilla et. al. v. Enable Midstream Partners here.
Enable was ordered by the BIA in 2010 to either negotiate with landowners over use of a natural gas pipeline or remove the pipeline. It has refused to do either and the Plaintiffs claim they have not been paid since at least 2009.
Federal Court Dismisses Suit against Tribal Lending Entity Owned by Tunica-Biloxi Tribe
Here are the materials in Everette v. Mitchum (D. Md.):
21 MobiLoans Motion to Dismiss
22-1 Riverbend Finance Motion to Dismiss
30-1 Mitchem Motion to Dismiss
41 Response to 3052 Mitchem Reply
Florida COA Materials in MMMG LLC v. Seminole Tribe of Florida
Menominee Tribe Files Complaint Against DEA and DOJ
Doc. 1 – Complaint for Declaratory Judgment
Previous post concerning raid on the Menominee Indian Reservation here.
The Menominee Tribe is seeking a court decision on whether the Tribe’s college can grow hemp under its own law and under the Agricultural Act of 2014 (the current Farm Bill).
Summary Judgment Order in Commonwealth v. The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
Briefs and orders on the motion for summary judgment in re Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head:
Plaintiffs’ Motion
Doc. 113 – Commonwealth’s memo in support of its motion
Doc. 117 – Town of Aquinnah’s memo in support of its motion
Doc. 121 – AGHCA’s memo in support of its motion
Doc. 133 – Wampanoag Tribe’s opposition brief
Doc. 144 – Town of Aquinnah’s reply brief
Doc. 145 – AGHCA’s reply brief
Doc. 147 – Commonwealth’s reply brief
Defendant’s Motion
Doc. 119 – Wampanoag Tribe’s memo in support of its motion
Doc. 131 – Plaintiffs’ opposition brief
Doc. 150 – Wampanoag Tribe’s reply brief
Doc. 151 – Memorandum and Order
Mass. District Court has granted summary judgment to the Commonwealth against the Wampanoag Tribe (Aquinnah) for its proposed class II gaming facility on settlement lands. The Court ruled that the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 did not repeal the Massachusetts Settlement Act of 1987 which prohibited gaming on settlement lands.
Federal Agents Raid Menominee Tribe
U.S. News report here.
Search warrant and affidavits (PDF) here.
The Tribe is being accused of growing hemp plants with too much THC in them, but the Tribe says they were upfront to the Feds about seedlings they received for industrial hemp research:
Former U.S. Attorney for North Dakota Tim Purdon is working with the Menominee tribe and blasted the raid as a “waste of resources” that “is exacerbated by the fact that the Tribe had agreed to act itself to destroy individual strains of the hemp crop that the Tribe and the U.S. Attorney’s Office agreed were problematic.”
“This misallocation of federal resources is exactly what the [2013] Cole and [2014] Wilkinson Memos were designed to prevent,” he said, referring to the Justice Department memos allowing states and tribes, respectively, to regulate marijuana.
The Menominee Tribe legalized marijuana back in August, but the government has not yet enacted regulations concerning its sale and production.
NYTs Profile of Nottawaseppi Huron Potawaomi Tribal Economic Diversification
BIA RFP to Indian Enterprises on Tribal Court Assessments
As a courtesy notice, the below Request for Proposals are available on the Federal Business Opportunities website. Please note, they are advertised as 100% Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise Set-aside in accordance with the Buy Indian Act.
- RFQ No. A16PS00001, closes 11/6/2015, OJS District II Tribal Court Assessments
- RFQ No. A16PS00002, closes 11/6/2015, CFR Tribal Court Assessments
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