Research

D.C. Circuit Briefs in Tanner-Brown v. Haaland

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Opening Brief.pdfDownload
Federal Answer Brief.pdfDownload

Lower court briefs here.

Borrower Class Prevails over Tribal Lending Operation’s (former?) Partner in Virginia Federal Court

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Williams v. Big Picture Loans LLC (E.D. Va.):

1166 Williams MSJ.pdfDownload
1206 Opposition.pdfDownload
1241 Reply.pdfDownload
1406 DCT Order.pdfDownload

Prior posts here.

North Dakota Federal Dismisses Federal Common Law Trespass Claims of Indian Allottees against Pipeline Company

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Chase v. Andeavor Logistics PC (D.N.D.):

74 MTD — Subject Matter Jurisdiction.pdfDownload
75 MTD — 12b6.pdfDownload
76 MTD- Rule 19.pdfDownload
77 MTD — Failure to Exhaust.pdfDownload
85 Consolidated Response.pdfDownload
86 Reply ISO 75.pdfDownload
87 Reply ISO 77.pdfDownload
90 Reply ISO 74.pdfDownload
91 Reply ISO 76.pdfDownload
134 Chase Supplemental Brief.pdfDownload
138 Andeavor Supplemental Brief.pdfDownload
139 DCT Order.pdfDownload

Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Briefs in Stitt v. City of Tulsa

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Stitt Opening Brief.pdfDownload
Creek Seminole Amicus Brief.pdfDownload
Cherokee Chickasaw Choctaw Amicus Brief.pdfDownload
Tulsa Brief.pdfDownload
Stitt Reply.pdfDownload
Creek Seminole Reply Brief.pdfDownload
Cherokee Chickasaw Choctaw Reply Brief.pdfDownload
US Amicus Brief.pdfDownload

Canada Files Amicus Curiae Brief in 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Bad River Case

whitneygravelle

The Government of Canada submitted a brief as amicus curiae to once again ask the Court to consider “Canada’s Treaty rights” by invoking the 1977 Pipeline Transit Treaty.

As Canada states:

Canada is committed to the process of reconciliation and ensuring full protection for the rights of Indigenous peoples in Canada (despite ignoring indigenous human rights obligations in recent UN Human Rights Council report), including as recognized in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (not seen in recent recommendations from the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples), and respects the rights and interests of Indigenous peoples in the United States, including the Band’s governance of its Reservation (while Tribal Nations on both sides of the border tell you to quit violating their rights). To this end, Canada supports cooperative and expeditious efforts to re-route Line 5 away from the Band’s Reservation.

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Line 5 Recommendations from the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

whitneygravelle

In a Report from the Twenty-Second Session the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Economic and Social Council issued a recommendation on Line 5:

  1. The Permanent Forum calls upon Canada to re-examine its support for the
    Enbridge Line 5 oil pipeline, which jeopardizes the Great Lakes in the United States.
    The pipeline presents a real and credible threat to the treaty-protected fishing rights
    of Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Canada. The Permanent Forum
    recommends that Canada and the United States decommission Line 5.
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Tenth Circuit Affirms Indian Country DV Conviction [COVID Zoom Trial]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in United States v. Veneno.

Briefs:

Opening Brief.pdfDownload
US Brief.pdfDownload
Reply.pdfDownload

Fort Belknap Sues Greenberg Traurig

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Fort Belknap Indian Community Planning and Development Corp. v. Weddle (D. Mont.):

1 Complaint.pdfDownload
1-2 Exhibit A.pdfDownload
1-3 Exhibit B.pdfDownload
1-4 Exhibit C.pdfDownload

Utah Federal Court Declines to Sanction Becker in Ute v. Lawrence

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are new materials in the ongoing case of contemptible ridiculousness Ute Indian Tribe v. Lawrence (D. Utah):

271 Ute Motion for Injunction.pdfDownload
272 Becker Opposition.pdfDownload
273 Reply.pdfDownload
279 Ute Motion for Atty Fees.pdfDownload
280 Becker Opposition.pdfDownload
282 DCT Order.pdfDownload

VAWA Implementation Training

Arianna Morseau

Is your tribe considering how to exercise VAWA jurisdiction in a P.L. 280 state? Do you present Domestic Violence cases in court? Gain direct knowledge from experienced tribal court judges, legal practitioners, tribal court staff and powerful interactive exercises.

October 31–November 2, 2023
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For more information email: training@native-knowledge.com.

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