Research

Michigan Federal Court Dismisses Employee Action against KBIC’s College

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Koenig v. Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College (W.D. Mich.):

1 Complaint.pdfDownload
69-1 Motion for Judgment on Pleadings.pdfDownload
75 Response.pdfDownload
78 Reply.pdfDownload
80 DCT Order.pdfDownload

Blast from the Past Addendum: Melody McCoy’s Letter to the Rolling Stone Editor [Go Blue]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

There was an error in that Rolling Stone article that led Melody McCoy to write a correction in 1987:

Tenth Circuit Decides Modoc Nation v. Bohl

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

CA10 Opinion.pdfDownload

Briefs here.

New York Federal Court Rejects Shinneock Eel Harvesting Claims

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Silva v. Parrish (E.D. N.Y.):

DCT Order.pdfDownload

Briefs here.

Blast from the Past: Rolling Stone Profile on the Lakota Claim to the Black Hills (May 1987)

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

NAGPRA Review Committee FY2025 Report to Congress

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

FY2025 Review Committee Report to Congress (approved 9-30-2025).pdfDownload

Illinois COA Vacates Foster Care Placement under ICWA for Failure of Trial Court to Seek Testimony of Qualified Expert Witness

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in In re A.M.:

opinion.pdfDownload

Oregon SCT Affirms State Court Recognition of Tribal Cultural Adoption under Oregon ICWA

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Dept. of Human Services v. M. G. J.:

SCT Opinion.pdfDownload

Climate Rights Activists Petition to Inter-American Court for Human Rights

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Petition.pdfDownload

CashCall v. Consumer Financial Protection Board Cert Petition

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Cert Petition.pdfDownload

Questions presented:

1. Whether a claim for legal restitution triggers the Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial. 2. Whether a litigant may validly waive a constitutional right at a time when binding circuit precedent clearly forecloses any exercise of that right.

Lower court materials here.