Updated Briefing in Charles Mix County’s Constitutional Challenge to IRA Section 5

We posted the opening brief here. Here are the remaining briefs:

Interior Appellee Brief

Charles Mix County Reply Brief

Lower court materials are here.

Federal Court Remands Colorado Claims against Western Sky Financial (Indian Country Payday Lenders) to State Court

Here are the materials in State of Colorado ex rel. Suthers v. Western Sky Financial L.L.C. (D. Colo.):

Colorado State Court Complaint

Western Sky Motion to Dismiss

Colorado Motion to Remand

DCT Order Remanding Colorado Complaint

Treasury Recommends Repeal of Essential Government Function Test for Tribal Economic Development Bonds

Here:

ReportToCongress-TribalEconomicDevelopmentBonds-FINAL121911

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