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Briefs in Great Plains Lending LLC v. State of Connecticut Dept. of Banking

September 10, 2015November 24, 2015Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here:

Great Plains Brief

Dept of Banking Brief

False Claims Act Suit against Afognak Native Corporation and Alutiiq LLC

August 26, 2015Matthew L.M. Fletcher2 Comments

Here is the complaint in United States ex rel. Ferris v. Afognak Native Corp. (D. Alaska):

1 Complaint

Awful strange, in that the complaint heading lists the Northern District of Alabama as the court, is supposedly filed under seal (but here it is), and the header on each page refers to the document as attorney-client privileged (but again, here it is).

Update in WD and the Canyon v. Hual’Bay Ba:J Enterprises Inc.

August 25, 2015Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the new materials in WD and the Canyon v. Hual’Bay Ba:J Enterprises Inc. c(Hualalpai Tribal Court):

2015 0804 WD Final Order

2015 0811 Notice of Appeal

Federal Court Denies Arbitration and Tribal Exhaustion Motions in Dispute Arising from Loan Initiated by Chippewa Cree

August 20, 2015Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Pearson v. United Debt Holdings (N.D. Ill.):

27 United Debt Motion to Compel Arbitration

BIA Oil & Gas Regs for Osage County Put on Hold

August 13, 2015August 13, 2015Ann Tweedy

A federal judge put the regulations on hold in response to a suit filed by the Osage Producers Association and a similar suit filed by Osage Minerals Council, a tribal entity. A news article is here, and Fredericks Peebles & Morgan’s press release is here: 08 12 15 Press Release

Navajo to tax alcohol sold at casinos

August 10, 2015Ann Tweedy

Here.

Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s Opening Brief in Hydraulic Fracturing Suit

August 3, 2015Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the pleading in Southern Ute Indian Tribe v. Dept. of Interior (D. Colo.):

19 Tribe’s Opening Brief

Federal Court Denies TRO in Southern Ute Challenge to Fracking Rules

June 23, 2015Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the new materials in Southern Ute Indian Tribe v. Dept. of Interior (D. Colo.):

6-1 Motion for TRO

9 DCT Order Denying TRO

The complaint is here.

Southern Ute Indian Tribe Files Challenge to BLM’s Hydraulic Fracturing Rule

June 22, 2015Matthew L.M. Fletcher2 Comments

Here is the complaint in Southern Ute Indian Tribe v. Dept. of Interior (D. Colo.):

1 Complaint

From the tribe’s press release:

Ignacio, Colorado: The Southern Ute Indian Tribe filed suit yesterday in the United States District Court in Denver against the Department of the Interior challenging the Department’s new hydraulic fracturing rule for federal and Indian lands. The suit alleges that the rule conflicts with the Indian Mineral Leasing Act (IMLA) and asks the court to vacate those parts of the rule that violate the IMLA and frustrate the Tribe’s authority over its own lands. “The Tribe values the Reservation environment, but the BLM was overreaching when it enacted this rule for tribal lands. Tribal lands should be treated differently than federal lands,” said Clement J. Frost, the Tribe’s Chairman. “Some of the provisions in this new rule are just burdensome regulations that are not tied to an environmental benefit. This rule is one more regulatory burden that delays energy development on the Reservation and these delays have a very real effect on the Tribe’s ability to provide services and benefits to the tribal membership,” he said.

Tribes are currently authorized by federal regulation to supersede the Secretary’s regulations governing lease operations, and the Tribe has passed its own Hydraulic Fracturing and Chemical Disclosure Regulations. “The BLM’s new rule did not strike the right balance. We can do better,” said Chairman Frost. Bob Zahradnik, Operating Director of the Southern Ute Growth Fund, explained that the Tribe’s regulations vary from the new federal regulations in two important ways: “The Tribe’s regulations provide more protection for aquifers with less bureaucratic morass. It’s a win-win. Our regulations are compatible with Colorado’s regulations, and they also avoid the pre-approval delays that will be caused by BLM’s hydraulic fracturing rule. Those delays put the Tribe in a bad position relative to adjacent fee landowners. If it is too burdensome to do business on tribal lands, operators just take their business elsewhere.”