Gaming Licenses / Investigation Dispute–Peoria Tribe

Here are materials in Qualls & Holden v. Mathews, No. CIV-18-M08 (CIO, Miami, OK) & Holden and Qualls v. Ellis, No. 19-M09 (CIO Miami):

Qualls v. Mathews CIV-18-M08 – Final Order of Dismissal

Qualls v. Mathews CIV-18-M08 – FFCL Supporting Order of Dismissal

Holden v. Ellis, CIV-19-M09 – Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

D.C. Circuit Briefs in Stand Up for California! v. Dept. of Interior [Wilton Rancheria]

Here are the briefs:

Stand Up Opening Brief

Interior Brief

Wilton Rancheria Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.

Oral argument audio here.

Bridge Magazine: “Michigan tribes losing police, health budgets as coronavirus shuts casinos”

Here.

Spring Pandemic Update in Williams & Cochrane v. Quechan & Rosette Litigation [updated]

Here are new materials in in Williams & Cochrane LLP v. Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Reservation (S.D. Cal.):

235-1 W&C Amended Motion for Judgment on Pleadings

248 Quechan Response to W&C Motion for Judgment on Pleadings

254-1 Rosette Motion for Sanctions

258 W&C Reply in Support of Motion for Judgment on Pleadings

267 W&C Response to Motion for Sanctions

268 Rosette Reply in Support of Motion for Sanctions

285 DCT Order

Update (6/24/20):

292-1 W&C Motion for Reconsideration

311 Quechan Response to 292

313 DCT Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration

Case tag here.

Underscore News Profile of Pandemic Epidemic on Oregon Tribes

Here is “Oregon tribes’ primary engines – casinos – stalled by COVID-19.”

California COA Decides Contract Dispute Involving Chukchansi

Here are the materials in Osceola Blackwood Ivory Gaming Group v. Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians:

Opinion

Opening Brief

Respondent Brief

HCN: “Casino closures in Indian Country hit core tribal services”

Here.

An excerpt:

When Bryan Newland was 16, he got a job as a dishwasher at his tribe’s casino restaurant. In college, he carried golf bags for patrons at the casino course. Now the chairman of Bay Mills Indian Community, Newland was forced to announce on Wednesday that the tribal government could no longer pay the 400 people employed at Bay Mills casinos, golf courses, and other tribal businesses and departments closed due to COVID-19.

“I understand that many of you are angry, frustrated and scared,” Newland (Ojibwe) told tribal members in a Facebook video address on Wednesday. “You’re not alone in those feelings. The Small Business Administration has abandoned us, and it is failing Indian Country right now.” 

Tribal Court Complaints re: Former St. Croix Chippewa Indians Tribal Council Members, Charged with Taking Tribal Casino Funds

Here are the complaints, each one captioned St. Croix Chippewa Indians v. [name]:

Bearheart, S

Bugg, CElmer, E

Emery, D

Larsen, L

Oustigoff, L

Oustigoff, N

Peterson, C

Taylor, J

Taylor, K

Taylor, L

Related post here.

Update in Pinoleville Pomo Nation Gaming & RICO Dispute [updated and updated again]

Here are the updated materials in JW Gaming Development LLC v. James (N.D. Cal.):

178 DCT Order

184 Defendants Motion for Summary Judgment

186 Plaintiffs Response

191 Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment

192 Defendants Reply

196 DCT Order

Prior post here.

Case tag here.

UPDATE (7/7/2020):

210 Stevenson Motion

211 Steele Motion

212 Maldonado Motion

219 Tang Opposition to 191

220 Individual Tribal Defendants Opposition to 191

221 Plaintiffs Opposition to 210-212

222 Canales Opposition to 191

223 Reply in Support of 210-212

227 Reply in Support of 191

236 DCT Order on 210-212

237 DCT Order on 191

UPDATE (1/20/2021)

251 Tribal Motions

253 JW Gaming Motion

255 JW Gaming Response to 251

256 Tribal Response to 253

257 JW Gaming Reply

258 Tribal Reply

267 JW Gaming Supplemental Brief

274 Tribal Supplemental Brief

278 DCT Order

Update (3/28/2021):

286 Motion for Reconsideration

293 Motion to Quash

294 Opposition to 286

299 Reply in Support of 286

301 Opposition to 293

302 Reply in Support of 293

306 DCT Order

Update (6/8/2021):

324 Tribe Motion to Quash

333 JW Gaming Motion to Enjoin Tribal Court Case

335 Opposition to 333

337 Opposition to 324

338 Reply in Support of 324

352 Magistrate Order Denying Motion to Quash

353 Reply in Support of 333

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation v. Newsom

Here:

Opening Brief

Tribal Amicus Brief

Answer Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.