economic development

Gristede’s Foods Suit Settled

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Here is the stipulation: Gristede’s Foods Settlement Stipulation

Don’t know details yet.

Lac du Flambeau Band Press Release on Wells Fargo Decision

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Here: Vacate Decision Press Release

Wells Fargo Motion to Vacate Prior Order Denied; As Is Motion to Amend Complaint

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Here is that opinion: DCT Order Denying Motion to Vacate

Title VII and ADEA Claims against Cherokee Business Dismissed

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Here are the materials in Somerlott v. Cherokee Nation Distributors (W.D. Okla.):

CND Motion to Dismiss

Somerlott Response

CND Reply

CND Notice of Supplemental Authority

DCT Order Dismissing Title VII and ADEA Claims

Tribe Loses Summary Judgment Motions in Chehalis Great Wolf Lodge Case

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Sure to be appealed….

Order Granting SJ Dkt. #181

Briefs are here.

Michigan Indian Law Day Agenda (UPDATED) — April 2

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University of Michigan NALSA

2010 Indian Law Day Schedule

Looking Inward: Tribal Governance

Blessing

1:00 – 1:10

Joseph Brave-Heart

Keynote Speaker

1:10 -1:40

Frank Ettawageshik

Former Tribal Chairman, Little Traverse Bay

Bands of Odawa Indians

Tribal Constitutions

1:45 – 2:25

Allie Maldonado, Assistant General Counsel,

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians

Mike Phelan, Office of the General Counsel

Pokagon Band Potawatomi Indians

Tribal Courts

2:30 – 3:10

Prof. Matthew Fletcher, Michigan State University College of Law

Amy Kullenberg, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians

Break/Refreshments

3:10 – 3:25

Tribal Economic Diversification

3:25 – 4:05

Zeke Fletcher, Associate, Rosette & Associates

Prof. Matthew Fletcher, Michigan State University College of Law

Idaho Native American Law Conference TODAY

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Here.

Living in Balance:

Tribal Nation Economics and Law

University of Idaho College of Law
Law School Courtroom
Sponsored by the James E. Rogers American Indian Law Fund

Speakers:

Robert J. Miller:Professor at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland Oregon
Gabriel “Gabe” Galanda: Decendent of the Nomlaki and Concow Tribes; enrolled member of the Round Valley Indian Tribes; Member in Williams Kastner’s Tribal Practice Group (Seattle office)
Stacy Leeds: Professor of Law; Director of the Tribal Law and Government Center, University of Kansas School of Law
Matthew L.M. Fletcher:Associate Professor, Michigan State University College of Law; Director of Indigenous Law and Policy Center

Program

8:00-8:50 a.m.
Mini breakfast in foyer

9:00-9:20 a.m.
Dean Don Burnett’s Welcome and Associate Professor Angelique EagleWoman Introduction

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Seventh Circuit Holds that OSHA Applies to Menominee Tribal Enterprises

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The case is Menominee Tribal Enterprises v. Solis (7th Cir.) (Posner, J.). Here are the materials:

Seventh Circuit Opinion re OSHA

Menominee Brief

DOL Brief

Menominee Reply Brief

Appellate Briefing in Ute Mountain Tribe v. Homans in Tenth Circuit

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Here:

01 15 2010 NM Opening Brief

Tribe Response Brief

Amici Brief

Homans Reply Brief

Findings of Fact Memo of Law and Memorandum Opinion (Lower ct decision)

Sisseton Tribal Council Passes Resolution Attempting to Reverse Tribal Appellate Court on 11-Part Tribal Business Entity Immunity

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Here’s an interesting development that may have some impact on the Colorado v. Cash Advance case.

The Sisseton tribal council enacted the following resolution designed to “fix” the Northern Plains Intertribal Court of Appeals decision raised by the Colorado AG in the supplemental pleading referred to here.

Sisseton Resolution