Sault Tribe Prevails over Interior over Interpretation of Mandatory Trust Land Acquisition Statute

Here is the opinion in Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Bernhardt (D.D.C.):

opinion-1.pdf

Case tag here.

26indianclcommndec538.pdf

South Dakota Cert Petition in IGRA Preemption Case [updated with cert stage materials]

Here is the petition in Noem v. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe:

noem-v-flandreau-cert-petition.pdf

appendix-2.pdf

BIO

Reply

Question presented:

Does the  Bracker test currently serve as a consistent and predictable rule of law in light of the exponential expansion of Indian gaming since 1988 and the fiscal demands the industry now places on state budgets?

Lower court materials here.

Washington COA Dismisses Cowlitz Appeal Involving Release of Surveillance Video

Here is the opinion in Cowlitz Tribal Gaming Authority v. Clark County Sheriff’s Office:

Briefs here:

Seminole Tribe & Boyd Gaming Sue Visa & MasterCard for Sherman Act Violations

Here is the complaint in Boyd Gaming Corp. v. Visa Inc. (S.D. Fla.):

HCN/NYTs: “Oklahoma’s tribes unite against a common foe: Their Cherokee governor”

Here.

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Club One Casino Inc. v. Dept. of Interior

Here:

Oral argument here:

Eighth Circuit Briefs in City of Council Bluffs v. Dept. of Interior

Here:

Appellants Brief

Addendum

Federal Appellee Brief

Ponca Tribe Amicus Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.

Citizen Potawatomi Nation and Muscogee (Creek) Nation Intervene in Oklahoma Gaming Compact Suit

Here are the updated materials in Cherokee Nation v. Stitt (W.D. Okla.):

21 Citizen Potawatomi Nation Motion to Intervene

21-1 Complaint in Intervention

23 Muscogee (Creek) Nation Motion to Intervene

23-1 Complaint in Intervention

28 DCT Order Granting Motions to Intervene

Prior posts here.

Pinoleville Pomo Nation v. JW Gaming Development LLC Cert Petition

Here:

petition-for-a-writ-of-certiorari.pdf

appendix.pdf

Question presented:

Whether an Indian tribe’s governing body can be stripped of its sovereign immunity from suit for actions taken by its members in their official capacities, as long as a plaintiff merely names the members individually and those officials will be bound by any judgment entered.

Lower court materials here.

First Circuit Oral Argument Audio in Littlefield v. Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe

Here.

Briefs here.