Kansas’ Challenge to Quapaw Trust Land Acquisition Dismissed

Here are the materials in State of Kansas ex rel. Schmidt v. National Indian Gaming Commission (D. Kan.):

43 US Motion to Dismiss

51 Quapaw Motion to Dismiss

56 Opposition to 51

60 Opposition to 43

68 Quapaw Reply

88 US Reply

91 DCT Order

Ninth Circuit Denies En Banc Review in Pauma Compact Dispute, Issues Amended Order

Here is the amended order in Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians v. State of California.

En banc petitions here:

Cal En Banc Petition

Pauma En Banc Petition

Ninth Circuit Briefs and Materials in Jamul Action Committee v. Chaudhuri

Here are the briefs:

JAC Opening Brief

Federal Answer Brief

Tribal Answer Brief

JAC Reply

Oral argument video here.

Lower court materials here.

Supreme Court Cert Petition Filed in CACGEC v. Chaudhuri

Here is the petition in Citizens Against Casino Gambling in Erie County v. Chaudhuri:

2015 12 14 Petition for Writ; Citizens Against Casino Gambling in Erie County et al v Chaudhuri et al

Questions presented:

1. Whether Congress, by enacting legislation permitting an Indian tribe to purchase land on the open market and to hold it in “restricted fee,” created “Indian country,” thereby completely divesting a state of its territorial sovereignty over that land, despite the absence of any explicit statutory language reflecting congressional intent to transfer sovereignty to the tribe?

2. Whether the Indian Commerce Clause (U.S. Const., art. I, § 8) gives Congress authority to completely divest a state of the sovereignty it had
previously exercised over land for more than two centuries and transfer that sovereignty to an Indian tribe by enacting legislation permitting an Indian tribe to buy such land on the open market and to hold it in “restricted fee.” 

3. Whether the mere congressional designation of “restricted fee” status on tribally owned land pursuant to the Indian Nonintercourse Act (25 U.S.C. § 177) implies an intent to transfer governmental power over that land to the tribe?

Lower court materials here.

Materials in Seminole Tribe v. Florida

This is the IGRA good faith suit brought by the tribe in the Northern District of Florida:

Doc 01 Complaint 10 26 2015

Doc 009 FL Motion to Dismiss

Doc 009-1 Memorandum in Support of Motion to Dismiss

13 Seminole Response

D.C. Circuit Briefs in City of Duluth v. National Indian Gaming Commission

Here:

2015 07 06 Statement of Issues

2015 07 06 Underlying Decision in Case–Memorandum Opinion

2015 09 11 Appellant Brief

2015 11 18 Appellee Brief

2015 12 03 Fond du Lac Band Amicus for Appellee Brief

Duluth Reply

Lower court briefs:

25 Duluth Motion for Summary J

26 US Cross Motion for Summary J

27-1 Fond du Lac Proposed Amicus Brief

DCT order Denying NIGC Motion to Dismiss

Federal Motion to Dismiss

Duluth Opposition

Federal Reply

Complaint here.

 

 

Cross Deputization for Pokagon Band of Potawatomi and County Officers

Link to South Bend Tribune article here.

Excerpt:

In the meantime, the deal will allow tribal police officers to enforce Indiana laws in St. Joseph County, including on the 1700 acres of Pokagon land near North Liberty and the 166 acres between Prairie Avenue, Locust Road and the St. Joseph Valley Parkway.

“With the Pokagon Band restoring the tribal village here in South Bend, we thought it was our duty to work with St. Joseph County to enhance public safety in this area,” said tribal Chairman John Warren.

Washington Tribe Appeals NIGC Decision to Federal Court

Doc. 1- Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief

Frank’s Landing Indian Community is suing the National Indian Gaming Commission for rejecting its class II gaming regulations.  The Commission ruled in March that the Community is not a federally-recognized Tribe for the purposes of IGRA.  Frank’s Landing was recognized by Congress in 1994.

NIGC Seeking EEO Director

Job announcement here.

Link to USAJOBS announcement here.

Last day to apply is Monday, November 23, 2015.

Federal Court Orders California to Negotiate Gaming Compact with North Fork Rancheria

Doc. 25 – Order on cross-motions for judgment on the pleadings

Other documents posted previously here.