First Circuit Decides Littlefield v. Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe

Here is the opinion.

Briefs here.

First Circuit Oral Argument Audio in Littlefield v. Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe

Here.

Briefs here.

Cherokee Nation v. Bernhardt Cert Petition over United Keetoowah Band Trust Land Acquisition [updated with add’l cert stage materials]

Here is the petition:

cert-petition-1.pdf

Update:

US Brief in Opposition

Reply in Support of Petition

Questions presented:

1. Whether the Secretary of the Interior exceeded his statutory authority by taking land located within the reservation boundaries of one Indian Tribe and placing the land in trust for another Tribe, despite the objections of the first Tribe and in violation of a regulatory prohibition and the United States’ treaty promises to the first Tribe.

2. Whether the Court should hold this petition pending its disposition of Maine Community Health Options v. United States, No. 18-1023 (argued Dec. 10, 2019), because this case raises the same issue concerning implied repeals effected by appropriations laws and the proper standard for determining what law to apply.

Lower court materials here.

First Circuit Briefs in Littlefield v. Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe

Here:

Mashpee Brief

Littlefield Answer Brief

Mashpee Reply

Prior posts here.

Navajo Sues Interior over Fee-to-Trust Notice Rules

Here is the complaint in Navajo Nation v. Dept. of the Interior (D. Ariz.):

1-complaint-1.pdf

Interior Prevails in Wilton Rancheria Trust Land Acquisition Matter

Here is the opinion in Stand Up for California! v. Dept. of Interior (D.D.C.):

109 DCT Order

Materials here.

Tenth Circuit Affirms Interior’s Decision to Acquire Trust Land for United Keetoowah Band

Here is the opinion in Cherokee Nation v. Bernhardt.

Briefs:

federal-appellant-brief.pdf

ukb-opening-brief.pdf

cherokee-nation-answer-brief.pdf

federal-reply.pdf

ukb-reply.pdf

lower court materials here.

UPDATE:

Cherokee En Banc Petition

Cherokee Motion to Stay

Interior Opposition

UKC Opposition

Additional Amended Final Judgments in Aquinnah Wampanoag Gaming Case

Here are the additional materials in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) (D. Mass.):

201 Amended Final Judgment

205 State Motion to Amend

207 Tribe Motion to Stay Judgment

208 Opposition to 205

215 Second Amended Judgment

217 Opposition to 207

218 DCT Order Denying 207

221 Tribe Motion to Amend

227 State Response

230 Third Amended Judgment

Prior post here.

South Dakota Challenge to Rosebud Trust Land Acquisition Rejected

Here is the opinion in State of South Dakota v. Great Plains Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs (IBIA).

Summary Judgment Motions in Stand Up v. Interior [Wilton Rancheria]

Here are the materials in Stand Up for California! v. Dept. of Interior (D.D.C.):

57 Motion to Supplement Record

59 Tribe Opposition

60 DOI Opposition

61 Reply

62 DCT Order Denying Motion to Supplement Record

70 Second Motion to Compel

71 Tribe Opposition

72 DOI Opposition

75 Reply

76-1 Tribe Surreply

77-1 DOI Surreply

80 DCT Order Denying Second Motion

91 Stand Up Motion for Summary Judgmen

96 Tribe Cross-Motion

98-1 DOI Cross-Motion

100 Stand Up Reply

103 Tribe Reply

104 DOi Reply

Prior post here.