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California COA Decides Contract Dispute Involving Chukchansi

April 22, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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

Respondent Brief

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

April 10, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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

Bugg, C Elmer, E

Related post here.

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

April 7, 2020June 23, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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

184 Defendants Motion for Summary Judgment

186 Plaintiffs Response

191 Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment

192 Defendants Reply

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

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

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

April 6, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Tribal Amicus Brief

Lower court materials here.

Fifth Circuit Agains Rejects Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Gaming Effort

April 3, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in State of Texas v. Ysleta del Sur Pueblo.

Briefs:

Alabama-Coushatta Tribe Amicus Brief

Lower court materials here and here.

Federal Court Holds Interior May Not Take Land into Trust for Gaming Purposes for Keetoowah

March 26, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Cherokee Nation v. Bernhardt (N.D. Okla.):

172 DCT Order Download

Prior post here.

Cayuga Nation Prevails over Village in Gaming Case

March 25, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Cayuga Nation v. Tanner (N.D. N.Y.):

147-dct-order.pdf

Briefs here.

Casino Development Firm Sues Sault Tribe over Lansing and Wayne County Gaming Proposals [updates]

March 18, 2020June 8, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in JLLJ Development LLC v. Kewadin Casinos Gaming Authority (W.D. Mich.):

5 Corrected Complaint

5-1-index-of-exhibits

Update:

14-1 Gaming Authority Motion to Dismiss

NPR: “Tribes in Michigan struggle with decision to shut down casinos for coronavirus”

March 16, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher