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Category Archives: fee to trust
Timbisha Shoshone Tribe Sue under Homeland Act
Here is the complaint in Timbisha Shoshone Tribe v. Bernhardt (D.D.C.): 1-complaint-2.pdf
NIGC Affirms Approval of Ponca Tribe’s Gaming Ordinance on Remand from Federal Court
Here is the order in In re: Gaming Ordinance of Ponca Tribe of Nebraska: Revised Amendment to FDO – Ponca NE The earlier federal court materials are here.
Tribes and Detroit Casinos Allowed to Intervene in Sault Tribe Suit over Lansing and Wayne County Off-Rez Gaming Applications
Here are the materials so far in Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Bernhardt (D.D.C.): 1 Complaint 1-1 Solicitor Opinion on Bay Mills 1-2 Wayne County Application 1-3 Lansing Application 1-4 Supplemental Materials 1-5 Jan 2017 Interior Letter … Continue reading
Posted in Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, fee to trust, IGRA, Indian gaming, Michigan Indian, Research
Tagged fee to trust, fee to trust acquisition, Lansing casino proposal, Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Bernhardt, State of Michigan v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Bethany C. Sullivan & Jennifer L. Turner on Carcieri
Bethany C. Sullivan and Jennifer L. Turner have published “Enough Is Enough: Ten Years of Carcieri v. Salazar” in the Public Land & Resources Law Review. Here is the abstract: Ten years ago, the United States Supreme Court issued its watershed decision … Continue reading
Comanche Nation of Oklahoma v. Bernhardt Cert Petition [Chickasaw Gaming]
Here is the petition captioned Comanche Nation of Oklahoma v. Zinke [but presumably will switch to Comanche Nation of Oklahoma v. Bernhardt]: Companche v Zinke Cert Petition Question presented: Whether the “former reservation” exception permitting lands acquired by the United … Continue reading
Posted in Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, fee to trust, IGRA, Indian gaming, Research, Supreme Court
Tagged cert petition, Chickasaw Nation, Comanche Nation of Oklahoma v. Bernhardt, Comanche Nation of Oklahoma v. Zinke, fee to trust acquisition, National Indian Gaming Commission, Supreme Court, Tenth Circuit, Western District of Oklahoma
Federal Court Issues Order in Council Bluffs v. DOI [Ponca Tribe]
Here are the materials in City of Council Bluffs v. United States Department of Interior (S.D. Iowa): 1 Complaint 13 Iowa Complaint 14 Nebraska Complaint 22-1 Council Bluffs MSJ 35-1 NIGC Cross MSJ 49 Ponca Amicus Brief 50 Council Bluffs … Continue reading
Materials (so far) in Challenge to Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe of the Enterprise Rancheria Trust Land Acquisition
Here are the materials in Cal-Pac Rancho Cordova LLC v. United States Department of the Interior (E.D. Cal.): 1 Complaint 22 Motion to Supplement Administrative Record 23 Response 24 Reply 28 DCT Order
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians Trust Land Acquisition Docs
Here are the materials in Crawford-Hall v. United States (C.D. Cal.): 69 notice 69-1 asia decision 69-3 2017 asia decision 69-4 2014 nod Prior post here.
Federal Court Overturns Santa Ynez Band Trust Acquisition
Here are the materials in Crawford-Hall v. United States (C.D. Cal.): 1 Complaint 1-1 FONSI 1-2 BIA Pacific Region Notice of Decision 1-3 BIA Decision 1-4 Exhibit A 28-1 US Motion for Partial Dismiss 31 Opposition 35 Reply 39 US … Continue reading
Tenth Circuit Decides Comanche Nation v. Zinke [Chickasaw Trust Land Acquisition]
Here is the unpublished order. Briefs here. Lower court materials here.
