Federal Court Dismisses Saginaw Chippewa NLRB Challenge

Here is the order:

DCT Order Dismissing SCIT Complaint

Briefs and other materials are here and here and here and here.

Update in Dollar General v. Mississippi Choctaw: Tribal Jurisdiction Upheld

Here are the materials in Dolgen Corp. v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (S.D. Miss.):

Dollar General Motion for Summary J

Mississippi Band Opposition

Memorandum Opinion and Order

Materials from a 2008 TRO motion in the same case are here.

Federal Court in Bench Trial Rules against Osage Challenge to Wind Farm

Here is the opinion in Osage Nation v. Wind Capital Group LLC (N.D. Okla.):

DCT Judgment against Osage

Here is the complaint.

Fifth Circuit Rejects Individual Challenges to Alabama-Coushatta Mining Leases with Comstock

Here are the materials in United States ex rel. Kennard v. Comstock Resources Inc. (opinion here):

Kennard Opening Brief

Comstock Resources Brief

USA Amicus Brief

Kennard Reply

Comstock Supplemental Brief

Native Wholesale Supply Bankruptcy Filings

Here:

NWS Bankruptcy Complaint

NWS Motion for PI

Texas Appellate Court Affirms Alabama-Coushatta Immunity in Mining Boundaries Dispute

Here is the opinion in Conley v. Comstock Oil & Gas (Rax. App. Beaumont):

Conley v Comstock Oil and Gas

Briefing Update in Blue Lake FUTA Case

Last week, we posted the district court’s rejection of California’s effort to dismiss the Blue Lake FUTA case.

Here are the relevant briefs:

California Motion to Dismiss

Blue Lake Opposition to California Motion

California Reply

Profile on Coquille Sustainable Forestry Practices

Here.

Blue Lake Rancheria v. Morgenstern Order Denying Dismissal

The case regarding state unemployment taxes under FUTA will continue in the Eastern District of California. The Order is here.

Response and Reply in Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe v. NLRB

Here is the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe’s combined Response and Reply: Combined Response & Reply

And here is the NLRB’s reply: Reply Brief – 12-05-11

Earlier posts here.