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Federal Bankruptcy Court Holds Sault Tribe Didn’t Waive Immunity

October 4, 2016Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Earlier, the federal district court had held the federal bankruptcy act doesn’t abrogate tribal sovereign immunity.

Here are the materials in In re Greektown Holdings LLC (E.D. Mich. Bkrcy.):

649-1 Motion to Dismiss

668-buchwald-response

14th Annual Northwest Gaming Law Summit

September 7, 2016Sarah M Donnelly

Download(PDF): Brochure

The conference is December 8-9 in Seattle.

Judge Dismisses Navajo Nation Challenge to State Jurisdiction in Personal Injury Suits at Casinos

August 5, 2016Sarah M Donnelly1 Comment

Here are the materials in the matter of Navajo Nation et al v. Marsh et al, 15-cv-00799 (D. N.M. 2016):

Doc. 12 – Motion for Summary Judgment

Doc. 13 – Response to Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment

Doc. 17 – McNeal Defendant’s Response in Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment

Doc. 19 – Reply in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment

Doc. 21 – Memorandum Opinion and Order

Link to previously posted complaint here.

Gun Lake Tribe and state to split $21.7M in disputed revenue sharing

July 26, 2016Teresa Walrod1 Comment

From mLive.com:

The Gun Lake Tribe of Pottawatomi Indians and the state of Michigan have agreed to split $21.7 million as a “partial settlement” of a dispute over the Michigan Lottery’s creation of online ticket sales and lottery terminals in social clubs.

Butte County Loses Challenge to NIGC Compact Approval

July 21, 2016July 21, 2016Sarah M Donnelly1 Comment

Here are the materials and documents in the matter of Butte County, CA v. Chadhouri et al, 08-cv-00519 (D.C. July 15, 2016):

Doc. 115 – Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment

Doc. 117 – United States’ Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment and Cross Motion for Summary Judgment

Doc. 119 – Intervenor Mechoopda Indian Tribe’s Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment

Doc. 121 – Memorandum on Opposition to Defendants’ Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment and Reply in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment

Doc. 124 – Intervenor Mechoopda Indian Tribe’s Consolidated Reply to Plaintiff’s Memorandum in Opposition to Intervenor Mechoopda Indian Tribe’s Cross Motion For Summary Judgment and Plaintiff’s Memorandum in Opposition to Defendants’ Cross Motion for Summary Judgment and Reply in Support Of Plaintiff’s Motion For Summary Judgment

Doc. 125 – United States’ Reply in Support of its Cross Motion for Summary Judgment

Doc. 128 – Memorandum-Decision and Order

Link to previous coverage here.

SCOTUS Petition for Cert in Lewis v. Clarke

June 17, 2016June 17, 2016Sarah M Donnelly1 Comment

Download Petition for Writ of Certiorari (PDF)

Link to briefs previously posted here.

Question Presented: Whether the sovereign immunity of an Indian tribe bars individual-capacity damages actions against tribal employees for torts committed within the scope of their employment.

First Issue of Indian Gaming Lawyer

May 13, 2016Sarah M Donnelly1 Comment

Download Vol. 1 No.1 (Spring 2016) here.

United South and Eastern Tribes Amicus Brief in Support of the Tribal Petitioners against NLRB

March 21, 2016March 21, 2016Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the USET brief in Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe v. NLRB:

USET Amicus in Support of Tribal Petitions

This one is substantially the same as USET’s brief in the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Tribal Government v. NLRB case.

Update in Forest County Potawatomi Challenge to Class III Gaming Compact Disapproval

March 15, 2016Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here are the materials in Forest County Potawatomi Community v. United States (D.D.C.):

19-1 US Motion to Transfer Venue

20 FCPC Opposition

22-1 Menominee Motion to Intervene

27 FCPC Opposition to Menominee Intervention Motion

31 Menominee Reply

33 DCT Order Denying Motion to Transfer

We posted the complaint way back in early 2015.

Connecticut SCT Affirms Tribal Immunity from Tort Suit; Rejects Ninth Circuit’s Maxwell Rule on Official Immunity

March 14, 2016March 14, 2016Matthew L.M. Fletcher2 Comments

Here are the materials in Lewis v. Clarke (Conn.):

Appellant Brief