Here:
Lower court materials here.
Here is the petition in County of Amador v. Dept. of the Interior:
UPDATE: Cert Opp
Questions presented:
1. Whether Congress intended the phrase “under Federal jurisdiction,” as used in the 1934 Act, to encompass a tribe that, as of June 18, 1934, had no land held on its behalf by the federal government, either in trust or as allotments; was not a party to any treaty with the United States; did not receive services or benefits from the federal government; did not have members enrolled with the Indian Office; and which was not invited to organize under the IRA in 1934 by the Secretary like other recognized tribes in Amador County; but for whom the federal government had unsuccessfully attempted to purchase land pursuant to a generic appropriation authorizing the purchase of land for unspecified “landless Indians” in California?
2. Whether the Secretary’s authority to take land into trust for “members of any recognized Indian tribe now under Federal jurisdiction” requires that the tribe have been “recognized” in 1934, in addition to being “under Federaljurisdiction” at that time, or whether such “recognition” can come decades after the statute’s enactment?
3. Whether the Secretary, having explicitly concluded that in enacting the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act Congress intended that Indian tribes “restored to Federal recognition” refers only to tribes that are “restored” pursuant to (a) congressional legislation, (b) a judgment or settlement agreement in a federal court case to which the United States is a party, or (c) “through the administrative Federal Acknowledgment Process under [25 C.F.R. § 83.8],” and having embodied that conclusion in a formal regulation, 25 C.F.R. § 292.10, can then act contrary to Congress’s intention by “grandfathering in” a preliminary (i.e., non-final) agency action treating Indians who do not meet the regulatory definition as “restored”?
Here is the petition captioned Sharp Image Gaming, Inc. v. Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians:
Question presented:
Whether a collateral agreement to a management contract for an Indian gaming operation is subject to approval by the National Indian Gaming Commission only if the collateral agreement itself provides for management of all or part of the operation.
Lower court materials here.
Here are the materials in State of Texas v. Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (E.D. Tex.):
76 Tribe Motion to Set Aside Judgment
80 Tribe Reply in Support of 76
99 Tribe Motion for Summary Judgment
105 Tribe Reply in Support of 99
106 Texas Reply in Support of 74
Here are the materials in Stockbridge-Munsee Community v. State of Wisconsin (W.D. Wis.):
76 motion to file amended complaint
85 stockbridge-munsee opposition to motion for sanctions
Prior post here.
Here are the materials in No Casino in Plymouth v. Zinke:
Ione Band Response [No Casino]
Here are the materials in County of Amador v. Dept. of Interior:
Amador County En Banc Petition
Panel materials in both cases here.
Here is the complaint in the matter of State of Connecticut et al v. Zinke et al, 17-cv-02564 (D.D.C. Nov. 29, 2017):
Doc. 1 – Civil Cover Sheet and Complaint
With the State of Connecticut, the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot Tribes have filed suit against the Secretary of Interior after the Department failed to treat submitted
amendments to their gaming compact as deemed approved and publish in the Federal Register notice that the amendments are deemed approved.
Here are the materials in Club One Casino v. Dept. of Interior (E.D. Cal.):
Here are the materials in Comanche Nation of Oklahoma v. Zinke (W.D. Okla.):
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