Nooksack Reaches Settlement with National Indian Gaming Commission

Here:

Nooksack NIGC Settlement

Federal Court Dismisses Effort to Shut Down Indian Casino Project Allegedly Built on Indian Cemetery

Here are the materials in Rosales v. Dutschke (E.D. Cal.):

62-1 Tribally Related Defendants Motion to Dismiss

63-1 Federal Defendants Motion to Dismiss

74 Response to Federal Motion

75 Response to Tribal Motion

80 Federal Reply

84 Tribal Reply

98 DCT Order

Kialegee Tribal Town Sues over Raid by Muscogee (Creek) Lighthorsemen

Here is the complaint in Kialegee Tribal Town v. Dellinger (N.D. Okla.):

2 Complaint

Town of Aquinnah v. Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Cert Petition

Here:

Town of Aquinnah’s Cert Petition 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Cert Petition

Question presented:

Whether the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, a statute of general application, impliedly repealed other federal statutes that specifically subject Indian tribes to state restrictions on gaming, a question that has divided the courts of appeals.

Lower court materials here.

UPDATE:

Aquinnah Cert Opp

Reply

Ninth Circuit Revives Some Claims in Tribal Gaming Developers’ Suit against City of Richmond

Here is the unpublished opinion in Guidiville Rancheria v. United States.

Ninth Circuit Briefs in State of California v. Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel

Here:

Opening Brief

Answer Brief

Reply Brief

Case materials here.

Oral argument video here.

“Sault Tribe’s trust land application denied for Lansing casino”

Here.

If anyone has the denial letter, please send it along.

Here it is. And here:

2017-07-24 DOI Cason ltr to Sault Ste. Marie denying mandatory trust acqn

(Split) Tenth Circuit Rules against Pojoaque Pueblo in Gaming Dispute with State of New Mexico

Here is the opinion in Pueblo of Pojoaque v. State of New Mexico.

An excerpt:

Plaintiffs-Appellants Pueblo of Pojoaque and its governor, Joseph M. Talachy, (collectively “the Pueblo”) appeal from the district court’s dismissal of its claim for declaratory and injunctive relief based on the State of New Mexico’s alleged unlawful interference with Class III gaming operations on the Pueblo’s lands. Pueblo of Pojoaque v. New Mexico, 214 F. Supp. 3d 1028 (D.N.M. 2016). Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.

From the dissent:

This appeal turns on what constitutes regulation of tribal gaming.
The majority answers narrowly, stating that New Mexico is regulating Indian gaming only when the regulation is directly applied to Indian gaming on tribal land. In my view, this approach is unsupportable and unrealistic. Under the allegations in the Pueblo’s complaint, New Mexico is trying—with considerable success—to disrupt the Pueblo’s gaming operations by targeting the Pueblo’s vendors. This disruption is not
softened by the state’s strategy of targeting vendors.

Briefs here.

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Citizens for a Better Way v. Zinke

Here:

Opening Brief

Federal Response Brief

Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe Answer Brief

Reply

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Federal Court Dismisses Slip and Fall Action against Fort Mojave Indian Tribe’s Casino Operations

Here are the materials in Ireson v. AVI Casino Enterprises (D. Nev.):

8 Motion to Dismiss

11 Response

16 Reply

21 DCT Order