Here: Vacate Decision Press Release
economic development
Wells Fargo Motion to Vacate Prior Order Denied; As Is Motion to Amend Complaint
Here is that opinion: DCT Order Denying Motion to Vacate
Title VII and ADEA Claims against Cherokee Business Dismissed
Here are the materials in Somerlott v. Cherokee Nation Distributors (W.D. Okla.):
Tribe Loses Summary Judgment Motions in Chehalis Great Wolf Lodge Case
Michigan Indian Law Day Agenda (UPDATED) — April 2
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
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
Seventh Circuit Holds that OSHA Applies to Menominee Tribal Enterprises
The case is Menominee Tribal Enterprises v. Solis (7th Cir.) (Posner, J.). Here are the materials:
Appellate Briefing in Ute Mountain Tribe v. Homans in Tenth Circuit
Sisseton Tribal Council Passes Resolution Attempting to Reverse Tribal Appellate Court on 11-Part Tribal Business Entity Immunity
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.
Supplemental Briefing in Colorado v. Cash Advance
Interesting development, in that the State found a tribal court case adopting the infamous 11-part test cobbled together by the Colorado Court of Appeals (earlier briefs are here):
Resp. Cross-Petitioners Notice of Supp. Authority
Tribal Response to Supplemental Authority
In our experience, tribal courts rarely apply a common law test in determining whether or not a tribal business entity is immune from suit. They don’t need to, given that tribal business entities are created via a document (e.g., articles of incorporation) or statute (e.g., tribal corporations code) that spells out in exacting detail the contours of immunity.
Strangely, state courts adopting these 11- or 3- or 5-part tests (or whatever) don’t spend enough time looking at the tribal statutory law, and are prone to creating common law for their own purposes.
Colorado seems to be trying to play a weird game of “gotcha!” here. Not sure how this material is relevant. Now if they had found a case from Miami Tribe or Santee Sioux tribal court, hmmm….
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