Environmental

FMC Corp. v. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Cert Petition [Updated]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

cert-petition.pdf

Questions presented:

1. Whether the Ninth Circuit correctly holds that tribal jurisdiction over nonmembers is established whenever a Montana exception is met, or whether, as the Seventh and Eighth Circuits have held, a court must also determine that the exercise of such jurisdiction stems from the tribe’s inherent authority to set conditions on entry, preserve tribal self-government, or control internal relations.

2. Whether the Ninth Circuit has construed the Montana exceptions to swallow the general rule that tribes lack jurisdiction over nonmembers.

Lower court materials here.

Update:

Brief in Opposition

Reply

US Invitation Brief

FMC Supplemental Brief

Federal Court Allows Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation Suit against U.S. over Oil Spill to Proceed

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order in Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation v. United States (D.D.C.):

22-dct-order.pdf

Dakota Access Pipeline Case to be Argued Today in D.C.

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the court calendar.

Here are the tribe-side briefs.

Fourth Case (at least?) Filed Involving Human Remains at Jamul

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Rosales v. United States (E.D. Cal.):

1-complaint-1Download

Swinomish Tribe Prevails in Ninth Circuit on Railroad Trespass Appeal

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v. BNSF Railway Co.

Briefs here.

News Profile of the Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan Pipeline Battle

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “‘We Have to Stand Together’: A Tale of Two Nations.”

House Resources Subcommittee Hearing: “Destroying Sacred Sites and Erasing Tribal Culture: The Trump Administration’s Construction of the Border Wall”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Witness List

Panel I

The Honorable Ned Norris, Jr. (testimony)

Chairman The Tohono O’odham Nation 

Sells, AZ 

Ms. Sarah Krakoff (testimony)

Moses Lasky Professor of Law

University of Colorado Law School

Boulder, CO 

Ms. Shannon Keller O’Loughlin (testimony)

Executive Director 

Association on American Indian Affairs 

Rockville, MD 

Mr. Steve Hodapp (testimony)

Retired Independent Contractor & Environmental Specialist

Lexington, VA 

Panel II

Dr. Anna Maria Ortiz (testimony)

Director, Natural Resources and Environment

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Washington, D.C.

Mr. Scott Cameron (testimony)

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget

U.S. Department of the Interior

Washington, D.C.

California COA Decides CEQA Appeal Involving Tribal Cultural Resources

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Save the Agoura Cornell Knoll v. City of Agoura Hills:

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News Profile of the Wet’suwet’en Crisis

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

From Tyee, here.

Bears Ears Update: “Interior moves to speed energy development on formerly protected Utah land”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.