Eastern Band Cherokee Bid to Enjoin Catawba Trust Land Acquisition Fails

Here is the order in Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians v. Dept. of the Interior (D.D.C.):

22 DCT Order

Briefs here.

Fort Sill Apache Loses Akela Flats Suit against NIGC

Here is the order in Fort Sill Apache Tribe v. National Indian Gaming Commission (D.D.C.):

137 DCT Order

Materials here.

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

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