Here are the appellate briefs in MM&A Productions v. Yavapai-Apache Nation:
sovereign immunity
Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Title VII Complaint against Quinault
Here are the materials in Gilbertson v. Quinault Indian Nation:
Update in Vann v. Interior & Cherokee Nation v. Nash
The Cherokee Nation has voluntarily dismissed their claims against the feds in Cherokee Nation v. Nash:
Cherokee nation vs nash order 8 21 2012 feds
The feds have an outstanding counterclaim against the Nation and so they remain parties.
In the D.C. Circuit appeal, Vann v. Interior, here is Vann’s reply brief:
2012-08-30 Reply Brief of Appellants Marilyn Vann et al
Prior briefs are here.
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Tribal Immunity in Contour Spa v. Seminole Tribe
Split Washington SCT Holds Tribes are Not Indispensable to Private Challenge to State-Tribal Tax Compacts
Here is the majority:
And the dissent:
And links to all the briefs:
85661-3 – Automotive United Trades Organization v. State of Washington et al.
Hearing Date – 01/12/2012
- Amici of a G C W, Et Al
- Amicus of a W B
- Amicus of Nfib, Et Al
- Amicus of W O M a
- Amicus of W P C
- Appellant Brief
- Auto’s Answer to Amici of Nfib, Et Al
- Reply
- Respondent Brief
- Respondent’s Answer to Amici Briefs
- Motion to Expand Record
- Reply in Support of Motion to Expand Record
- Response to Motion to Expand Record
- Statement of Additional Auth
Update in FTC v. Tribal Payday Lenders: Magistrate Denies Motion to Quash Fed. Subpoenas
Here are the materials in Federal Trade Commission v. AMG (D. Nev.):
Eleventh Circuit Briefs in Miccosukee v. United States
Update in Diné CARE v. Salazar
Here is Navajo’s latest pleading (limited motion to intervene and motion to dismiss):
FINAL COMBINED NAVAJO NATION AREA IV PLEADINGS
The complaint is here.
Federal Court Declines to Dismiss Tribal Election Dispute Question
Here are the materials in Eastern Shawnee Tribe v. Douthitt (N.D. Okla.):
DCT Order Denying CIO Motion to Dismiss
An excerpt from the opinion:
Now before the Court is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and Brief in Support (Dkt. # 16). Defendants argue that the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over this case because plaintiff is asking the Court to resolve an internal tribal dispute. They also assert that they have not waived their sovereign immunity from suit and that plaintiff’s claims should be dismissed. Plaintiff responds that it is asking the Court to determine whether the Court of Indian Offenses for the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma had jurisdiction to decide an election dispute, and this is a federal question that can be decided by this Court. They also argue that defendants are not shielded from suit by the doctrine of sovereign immunity.
Federal Court Holds Cayuga Indian Nation Immune from Seneca County Property Tax Foreclosure Suit
Here are the materials in Cayuga Indian Nation v. Seneca County (W.D. N.Y.):
This appears to be the same issue the SCT took up in Madison County v. Oneida Indian Nation last year.
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