Split Sixth Circuit Panel Rules in Favor of Sault Tribe in $74 Million Contract Dispute

Here are the materials in Gatzaros v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians:

Gatzaros Opening Brief

Sault Tribe Brief

Gatzaros Reply Brief

CA6 Opinion

The parties have litigated in bankruptcy court, too — see here.

Witness List and Written Testimony in July 23 SCIA Hearing on Indian Gaming

Here:

Witnesses:

The Honorable Paul A. Gosar
Representative-United States House of Representatives

The Honorable Raul M. Grijalva
Representative-United States House of Representatives

Panel 1

The Honorable Kevin Washburn
Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs-United States Department of the Interior
View Testimony

Mr. Jonodev Osceola Chaudhuri
Vice Chairman-National Indian Gaming Commission
View Testimony

Ms. Anne-Marie Fennell
Director-Natural Resources and Environment-United States Government Accountability Office
View Testimony

Panel 2

The Honorable A.T. Stafne
Representative-United States House of Representatives
View Testimony

The Honorable Michell Hicks
Principal Chief-Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
View Testimony

Mr. Ernest L. Stevens, Jr.
Chairman-National Indian Gaming Association
View Testimony

Panel 3

The Honorable Diane Enos
Chairman-Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation
View Testimony

The Honorable Ned Norris, Jr.
Chairman-Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona
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The Honorable Jerry Weiers
Mayor-City of Glendale
View Testimony

Briefs in Cherokee Nation Challenge to Interior’s Decision to Acquire Trust Land for United Keetoowah Band

Here are the updated materials in Cherokee Nation v. Jewell (N.D. Okla.):

132 Cherokee Nation Brief

135 Interior Response

136 UKB Response

139 Cherokee Nation Reply

News coverage of the oral argument is here.

Prior posts on this case here, here, and here.

Federal Court Enjoins Ho-Chunk Poker as a Class III Game

Here are the materials in State of Wisconsin v. Ho-Chunk Nation (W.D. Wis.):

25 HCN Brief

22 Wisconsin Brief

29 Wisconsin Response Brief

32 Ho-Chunk Response Brief

35 DCT Order

An excerpt:

The state of Wisconsin has brought this case to enjoin defendant Ho–Chunk Nation from offering electronic poker at Ho–Chunk Gaming Madison (formerly DeJope), the Ho–Chunk Nation’s gaming facility in Madison, Wisconsin. The question raised in the parties’ cross motions for summary judgment is whether Ho–Chunk Nation’s poker game violates a compact with the state. The answer to that question turns on whether electronic poker qualifies as a “class II” or “class III” game under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. Class III games are prohibited by the compact except under certain conditions not present in this case, but class II games are permitted. Because I conclude that Ho–Chunk Nation’s electronic poker game is a class III game, I am granting the state’s motion for summary judgment and denying Ho–Chunk Nation’s motion.

Tenth Circuit Sends Chickasaw/NLRB Matter Back to Board in Light of Noel Canning

Here:

CA10 mandate

CA10 Order

We posted the NLRB’s motion here. We posted the tribe’s response here.

Michigan’s Response to Sault Tribe Renewed Motion to Dismiss

Here are updated materials in State of Michigan v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (W.D. Mich.):

53-1 Michigan Motion to Revise DCT Order Dismissing Tribal Officials

55 Michigan Response to Motion to Dismiss

Sault Tribe’s motion is here.

Seventh Circuit Affirms Bribery Conviction of Former Ho-Chunk Official

Here is the opinion in United States v. Whiteagle:

CA7 Opinion

And the briefs:

Appellant Opening Brief

Government Brief

Reply Brief

Lower court materials here.

 

Jamulians CEQA Complaint

Here is the complaint in Jamulians Against the Casino v. California Wildlife Conservation Board (Cal. Super.):

Jamulians Complaint

Little River Band Response to NLRB Motion to Remand

Here:

2014-07-17 LRBOI Opposition to NLRB Motion to Vacate and Remand with Exhibits A-G (2)

NLRB’s motion is here.

Saginaw Chippewa and Chickasaw Respond to NLRB’s Noel Canning-Related Motions

Here:

Chickasaw Response

Sag Chip Motion to Hold Appeal in Abeyance

Sag Chip Opposition to NLRB Motion

Szotkowski Declaration

NLRB motions here.