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Category Archives: Indian gaming
Comanche Nation of Oklahoma v. Bernhardt Cert Petition [Chickasaw Gaming]
Here is the petition captioned Comanche Nation of Oklahoma v. Zinke [but presumably will switch to Comanche Nation of Oklahoma v. Bernhardt]: Companche v Zinke Cert Petition Question presented: Whether the “former reservation” exception permitting lands acquired by the United … Continue reading
Posted in Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, fee to trust, IGRA, Indian gaming, Research, Supreme Court
Tagged cert petition, Chickasaw Nation, Comanche Nation of Oklahoma v. Bernhardt, Comanche Nation of Oklahoma v. Zinke, fee to trust acquisition, National Indian Gaming Commission, Supreme Court, Tenth Circuit, Western District of Oklahoma
New Mexico Pueblos Prevail in Revenue Sharing Dispute with State [Free Play]
Here are the materials in Pueblo of Isleta v. Lujan Grisham (D.N.M.): 55 State MSJ 58 Pueblo Response 62 State Reply 67-1 Santa Ana Pueblo et al MSJ 68 Isleta Pueblo et al MSJ 71 State Response to 68 72 … Continue reading
Federal Court Issues Order in Council Bluffs v. DOI [Ponca Tribe]
Here are the materials in City of Council Bluffs v. United States Department of Interior (S.D. Iowa): 1 Complaint 13 Iowa Complaint 14 Nebraska Complaint 22-1 Council Bluffs MSJ 35-1 NIGC Cross MSJ 49 Ponca Amicus Brief 50 Council Bluffs … Continue reading
Buchwald Capital Advisors LLC v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Cert Petition [Bankruptcy Code + Sovereign Immunity]
Here: buchwald cert petition Question presented: Whether the Bankruptcy Code abrogates the sovereign immunity of Indian tribes. Lower court materials here.
Posted in Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, economic development, Indian gaming, Michigan Indian, Research, sovereign immunity, Supreme Court
Tagged Bankruptcy Act, Buchwald Capital Advisors LLC v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe, cert petition, Eastern District of Michigan, Eastern District of Michigan -- Bankruptcy, federal statutes of general applicability, In re Greektown Holdings LLC, Sixth Circuit, Supreme Court, tribal sovereign immunity
Ninth Circuit Decides Chemehuevi Tribe v. Newsom [gaming compact dispute]
Here is the opinion. Briefs here.
Fifth Circuit Rules in Favor of Texas over Alabama-Coushatta Tribe on Gaming
Here is the opinion in State of Texas v. Alabama-Coushatta Tribe. Briefs and lower court materials here.
Tenth Circuit Affirms Conviction and Sentence for Marijuana Possession on Indian Casino Property
Here is the unpublished opinion in United States v. Bullcoming.
Materials (so far) in Challenge to Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe of the Enterprise Rancheria Trust Land Acquisition
Here are the materials in Cal-Pac Rancho Cordova LLC v. United States Department of the Interior (E.D. Cal.): 1 Complaint 22 Motion to Supplement Administrative Record 23 Response 24 Reply 28 DCT Order
Split Sixth Circuit Panel Confirms Tribal Immunity in Bankruptcy Act Proceedings
Here is the opinion in In re Greektown Holdings LLC. Briefs: buchwald-brief.pdf sault-tribe-brief.pdf buchwald-reply.pdf Lower court materials and prior posts here.
Posted in Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, economic development, Indian gaming, Michigan Indian, Research, sovereign immunity
Tagged Bankruptcy Act, Buchwald Capital Advisors LLC v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe, Eastern District of Michigan, Eastern District of Michigan -- Bankruptcy, federal statutes of general applicability, In re Greektown Holdings LLC, Sixth Circuit, tribal sovereign immunity
Washington Appellate Court Holds Tribal Gaming Commission Immune from Suit
Here are the materials in Long v. Snoqualmie Gaming Commission (Wash. Ct. App.): opinion.pdf appellant-brief.pdf appellee-brief.pdf reply-2.pdf
