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Quicken Loans Founder to Acquire Greektown Casino
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Here are all of the materials now in the case consolidated as Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians of Colusa Indian Community v. Salazar (E.D. Cal.) (we posted preliminary materials here):
Complaint here.
George Forman Affidavit in Spport of TRO
Consolidated Federal Opposition
Complaint here.
Enterprise denying TRO and Mandamus
Patchak is indistinguishable from the present case because no Plaintiff claims an interest in the Proposed Site, meaning that this is not a quiet title action and the QTA’s limitation on suits related to Indian lands does not apply. Patchak squarely addressed the supposedly irreparable harm that Plaintiffs complain of and indicated that federal district courts do have the power to strip the federal government of title to land taken into trust for an Indian tribe under the APA so long as the claimant does not assert an interest in the land. In this case, Plaintiffs only seek to divest the government of its title. They do not assert an interest in the Proposed Site. Plaintiffs have therefore not shown that the mere act of transferring the Proposed Site into trust on February 1, 2013 constitutes irreparable harm, and a TRO is therefore inappropriate.
Here are the materials in Stand Up for California! v. Dept. of Interior (D. D.C.):
Interior Motion to Change Venue
Interior Response to Picayune Memorandum
Here are the materials in Santana v. Muscogee (Creek) Nation:
Lower court materials here.
Here are the Tenth Circuit briefs so far in State of Oklahoma v. Hobia:
Brief Amicus Curiae State of NM (filed 1-25-13) (W1843673)
State of Michigan Amicus Brief
Filed Brief of the Appellee (1-25-13) (W1843503)
Lower court materials here.
Here are the materials so far in Rape v. Poarch Band of Creek Indians:
Update: Hildreth Motion for Leave to File Amicus [Escambia County]
The case arises from a jackpot claim at the tribal casino.
Here.
GRAND RAPIDS — A federal judge Wednesday said he could decide within 30 days whether to allow Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette to halt a proposed Lansing casino.
U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker announced the timeline after attorneys from the state and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians argued in a Grand Rapids courtroom about whether Schuette’s six-count lawsuit, filed in September, should be dismissed.
Earlier coverage here.
Here are the materials in Columbe v. Rosebud Sioux Tribe (D. S.D.):
RST Cross Motion for Summary J
An excerpt:
Colombe now asks this Court to rule on the sole remaining issue from this Court’s September 23, 2011 Opinion and Order: Whether the Tribal Court had jurisdiction to hold that the oral modification to the NIGC-approved management contract was void. Colombe argues that the NIGC has the sole, exclusive authority to determine whether modifications to NIGC-approved management contracts can have any legal effect. Doc. 49 at 6-7. Colombe also argues that Defendants’ Tribal Court suit is prohibited because IGRA does not authorize a private cause of action. Doc. 49 at 8. Defendants counter that the Rosebud Sioux Tribal Supreme Court had jurisdiction to rule on the legal validity of the oral, unapproved modification to the approved management contract after Colombe raised the modification as a defense in the Tribe’s underlying contract suit. Doc. 59; Doc. 60. Defendants also assert that its Tribal Court suit is not for a “claimed IGRA violation” and therefore does not need to be authorized by the IGRA. Doc. 57 at 19.
Here are the materials on the Sept. 2011 order, and on the motion for reconsideration.
The WSJ reports here.
An excerpt:
Things that float aren’t always boats.
So says the Supreme Court, which used a Florida marina dispute to address an issue that has stirred the waters since the early days of the American republic.
The ruling is a relief for dockside-casino operators, which didn’t want their operations subjected to broader legal liability under maritime law.
The opinion in Lozman v. City of Riveria Beach is here. SCOTUSblog page here. SCT haiku version.
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