Wilton Rancheria Files Cert Petition in Labor Dispute

Here is the petition in Wilton Rancheria v. UNITE HERE:

Question presented:

Notwithstanding the deference afforded to arbitration awards, arbitrators lack the power to facially invalidate federal and state statutes. Similarly, courts defer to Tribal interpretation of Tribal law, as a critical element of longstanding policies upholding and safeguarding Tribal sovereignty. Does an arbitrator exceed his authority when he facially invalidates a duly-enacted Tribal law, especially when a court would not do so and when he would not be permitted to invalidate a duly-enacted federal or state statute?

Lower court materials here. Ninth Circuit unpublished opinion here.

Diego Rivera at the Detroit Institute of Art

Ninth Circuit Materials in UNITE HERE International v. Wilton Rancheria

Brief (only one is available?):

Opening Brief

Lower court materials here.

Picayune Rancheria Sues Union to Halt Demonstrations by Union Members

Here is the complaint in Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians v. Unite Here Local #19 (E.D. Cal.):

Chukchansi Sues in Federal Court to Enforce Tribal Labor Relations Ordinance

Here is the complaint in Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians v. United Here Local #19 (E.D. Cal.):

California Federal Court Orders Wilton Rancheria to Arbitration in Labor Dispute

Here are the materials in UNITE HERE v. Wilton Rancheria (E.D. Cal.):

Ninth Circuit Decides Unite Here Local 30 v. Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Indians

Here.

Briefs here.

Ninth Circuit Materials in Unite Here Local 30 v. Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Indians

Here are the briefs:

Opening Brief

Answer Brief

California Amicus Brief

Reply

Indian Country Labor Relations/”Indians at Work”

Wish I could teach this around Labor Day but that’s the second week of class!

The following screenshots come from the Smithsonian’s collection of issues of “Indians at Work.”

New Student Scholarship on Tribal Labor Relations and Federal Law

The Harvard Law Review has posted a Note, “Tribal Power, Worker Power: Organizing Unions in the Context of Native Sovereignty.PDF