Mashantucket Pequot Refinancing Information

Here:

MPN Bondholder Presentation Aug 2012

MPN Bondholder Presentation Sept 2012

News coverage here.

MPN press release here.

Massachusetts Tribes Move to Intervene in KG Urban v. Patrick Case

Here are those materials:

2012-09-07_(40)_Memo in Support of Motion to Intervene and Exhibits

Mashpee Motion to Intervene [Rule 19 motion]

Federal Government Seizure of Seneca-Cayuga Tobacco Company Account

News coverage here.

Federal complaint in United States v. $566,202 (W.D. Mo.) is here:

US Forfeiture Complaint

Contour Spa v. Seminole Tribe Cert Petition

Here:

Contour Spa Cert Petition

Questions Presented:

1. Does Lapides v. Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, 535 U.S. 613 (2003), provide a basis for finding a waiver of tribal sovereign immunity where an Indian Tribe has expressly waived sovereign immunity, is sued in state court, removes to federal court, and then asserts sovereign immunity based on the Tribe’s concealment of the fact that the Tribe did not comply with the Secretary of the Interior’s lease approval requests?
2. Does Justice Brandeis’ opinion in Turner v. United States, 248 U.S. 354 (1919). support the concept of tribal sovereign immunity or should that accidental doctrine, questioned in Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc., 523 U.S. 751 (1998), be revisited and discarded.
3. Does the Indian Civil Rights Act, Title 25 U.S.C. § 1302(a)(5) and (a)(8) create an implicit cause of action permitting the Tribe to be sued for the taking of property without due process of law?
Lower court materials here.

Federal Agents Raid Puyallup Members’ Smokeshop

Here.

CNBC News Coverage of Tribal Payday Lenders

Here, via Pechanga.

WaPo on Tribal Concerns re: Keystone XL Pipeline

Here, or here.

 

Opening Brief in Encana Oil & Gas v. St. Clair (Wind River Tribal Court Jurisdiction)

Here:

Encana Opening Brief

Lower court materials here.

Eleventh Circuit Affirms Tribal Immunity in Contour Spa v. Seminole Tribe

Here are the materials:

CA11 Opinion

Contour Spa Opening Brief

Seminole Appellee Brief

Contour Spa Reply Brief

Lower court materials here. Commentary on the lower court case here.

Update in FTC v. Tribal Payday Lenders: Magistrate Denies Motion to Quash Fed. Subpoenas

Here are the materials in Federal Trade Commission v. AMG (D. Nev.):

AMG Motion to Dismiss

AMG 1st Motion to Quash

AMG 2d Motion to Quash

Magistrate Order Denying Motion for Protective Order

Prior materials here and here.