Research

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.

South Dakota Federal Court Enjoins Plaintiffs in Tribal Court Action to Enforce ERISA

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Mundahl (D. S.D.):

1 Complaint.pdfDownload
1-1 Exhibit 1 – Tribal Court Complaint.pdfDownload
1-2 Exhibit 2 – Tribal Court Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
13 Plaintiff Motion for PI.pdfDownload
23 Opposition to 13.pdfDownload
26 Defendant Motion for Stay.pdfDownload
30 Reply ISO 13.pdfDownload
31 Opposition to 26.pdfDownload
32 Reply ISO 26.pdfDownload
34 DCT Order.pdfDownload

Blast from the Past: Marvin Sonosky’s Efforts to Stop or Modify the Indian Land Consolidation Act Bill

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

As students of Indian law know, not many Indian affairs statutes have been struck down, but this one was (twice).

Sonosky on the ILCA.pdfDownload