Environmental

D.C. Federal Court (again, mostly) Dismisses Narragansett Challenge to Federal Approval of Highways

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order in Narragansett Indian Tribe v. Pollack (D.D.C.):

39 DCT Order.pdfDownload

Fond du Lac Band Ojibwe Sues Chemical Companies over PFAS

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa v. The 3M Company (D.S.C.):

fond-du-lac-band-of-lake-superior-chippewa-v.-3m-company-the-et-al-1Download

Ninth Circuit Rejects Effort to Stop Lithium Mine in Nevada

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the unpublished opinion in Western Watersheds Project v. McCullough. And same for the Bartell Ranch/Burns Paiute case.

Selected briefs:

Burns Paiute Brief.PDFDownload
Western Watersheds Brief.PDFDownload
BLM Brief.PDFDownload

Lower court materials here.

California Federal Court Dismisses Buena Vista Rancheria Nuisance Suit against Neighboring Polluter for Lack of Ripeness

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians v. Pacific Coast Building Products Inc. (E.D. Cal.):

1 Complaint.pdfDownload
8 Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
25 Opposition.pdfDownload
31 Reply.pdfDownload
33 DCT Order.pdfDownload

Grand Traverse Band v. Burnett Foods Clean Water Act Complaint

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians v. Burnett Foods Inc. (W.D. Mich.):

1 Complaint.pdfDownload

Motion to Dismiss briefing in Bears Ears Litigation

Matthew Campbell
United States’ Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaints
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Tribal Nations Motion to DismissDownload
Individual Plaintiffs’ Opposition
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Garfield County Plaintiffs Opposition
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SUWA Intervenors Reply
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Tribal Nation Reply
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US ReplyDownload

New Mexico Federal Court Allows Some Navajo Tort Claims to Proceed in Gold King Mine Release Case

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are materials in In re Gold King Mine Release (D.N.M.):

1478 Motion to Dismiss Navajo Claims.pdfDownload
1541 Navajo Response.pdfDownload
1557 Reply.pdfDownload
1932 DCT Order.pdfDownload

Sho-Ban Tribes Prevail (in part) in Challenge to BLM Land Transfer to Polluter

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Shoshone-Bannock Tribes v. Daniel-Davis (D. Idaho):

1 Complaint.pdfDownload
37-1 Tribe MSJ.pdfDownload
50 CBD Amicus Brief.pdfDownload
60-1 Simplot MSJ.pdfDownload
61-1 Federal MSJ.pdfDownload
74 Tribe Reply.pdfDownload
80 Federal Reply.pdfDownload
82 Simplot Reply.pdfDownload
89 DCT Order.pdfDownload

Sauk-Suiattle v. Seattle Cert Petition

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Cert Petition.pdfDownload

Questions presented:

  1. Is the court-created “futility” doctrine, which allows a United States court to decide a case removed from state court even though it lacks jurisdiction, repugnant to Article III of the Constitution?
  2. Does application of the so-called “futility” doctrine by a United States court to decide a case over which it lacks jurisdiction contravene 28 U.S.C. 1447(c), the plain language of which requires remand of the cause to the state court from which it was removed?
  3. Should the Supreme Court grant certiorari to reconcile a conflict among the circuit courts of appeal regarding the validity of the futility doctrine?

Lower court materials here.