Here:
Big Lagoon v California – 64 – US brief
Big Lagoon v California – 67-2 – NCAI USET brief
Big Lagoon v California – 68 – CILS Ltr
The en banc petition is here.
The panel materials are here.
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Minnesota Supreme Court Affirms Tribal Immunity in City of Duluth v. Fond du Lad Band — UPDATED with Briefs
Here is the opinion in City of Duluth vs. Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. Link to oral argument video here. Briefs are not available publicly, so if anyone has them, please send along.
Here are the briefs:
08 26 13 FDL Initial Brief – FINAL
09 30 13 City of Duluth Response Brief
An excerpt:
When an Indian band enters into a contract with a city, waives its sovereign immunity, and consents to be sued only in federal district court, a state court may go no further than interpreting contractual provisions pertaining to jurisdiction to determine whether the court has jurisdiction over a dispute arising under the contract.
Our post with a link to the Minnesota Court of Appeals decision, now reversed, is here.
North Fork Rancheria Challenge to California Gaming Referendum
Here is the cross-complaint filed by the tribe in Stand Up for California! v. State of California (Madera County Superior Court):
Verified Cross Complaint – North Fork Rancheria 140227
The underlying suit appears to have dismissed on March 3, but with leave to amend:
Federal Court Dismisses Chukchansi Suit over Missing Bags of Money
Here are the materials in Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians v. Tan (E.D. Cal.):
13-1 Ayala Faction Motion to Dismiss
Big Lagoon Rancheria En Banc Petition
Sixth Circuit Denies Sault Tribe Motion to Reconsider Stay
Here:
CA6 Order Denying Reconsideration
Prior posts on the stay are here and here. Panel materials here.
Order and Judgment in CDST Gaming v. Comanche Nation
Order here.
Accordingly, treating the tribal court papers filed by Comanche Nation and the tribal court papers of the Comanche Nation partially adopted by the Federal Defendants, as motions for summary judgment under Rule 56, Fed. R. Civ. P. (doc. nos. 160 and 161), the motions are GRANTED. Treating the tribal court papers of CDST as a motion for summary judgment (doc. no. 159), the motion is DENIED. Judgment shall issue forthwith.
Briefs here:
CDST Gaming Tribal Court Materials
Comanche Tribal Court Materials
Judgement here.
Previous post here.
Order Approving Oneida/NYS Settlement Agreement and Dismissing Interventions — UPDATED
Here is the order approving the settlement agreement between the Oneida Indian Nation and the State of New York, and dismissing both the Cayuga Nation and Stockbridge-Munsee Community’s motions for intervention.
UPDATE — briefs are here:
280-2 Cayuga Motion to Intervene
288 Oneida Response to CN Motion
289 Interior Response to CN Motion
300 MJ R&R Recommending Grant of CN Motion
303-1 Stockbridge-Munsee Motion to Intervene
312 NY Plaintiffs Objection to R&R
319 Settlement and Stipulation
326 NY Plaintiffs Response to SMC Motion
327 Oneida Response to SMC Motion
Sault Ste. Marie Tribes Moves Sixth Circuit to Reconsider Stay Order
News Coverage of the Suit over the Missing $316K at Chukchansi
Here.
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