sovereign immunity

Ninth Circuit Materials in Oertwich v. Traditional Village of Togiak

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the briefs:

Oertwich Brief

Answer Brief

Reply

Here is the oral argument video:

Lower court materials here.

Ninth Circuit Rejects Big Sandy’s Effort to Avoid State Cigarette Taxes

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Big Sandy Rancheria Enterprises v. Bonta.

Briefs:

Big Sandy Opening Brief

California Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Case Raising Immovable Property Exception to Tribal Immunity

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is today’s order list.

The Court denied cert in Seneca County v. Cayuga Indian Nation, materials here.

The Intercept News Profile on Tribal Sovereign Lending

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Prisoner Suit against Salt River Corrections Dismissed

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Loring v. Daly (D. Ariz.):

1 Complaint

31 Tribe Motion to Dismiss

39 Response

40 Reply

45 DCT Order

Sovereign Lending Tribe Wins Partial Victory in Conn. SCT

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Great Plains Lending LLC v. State of Conn. Dept. of Banking:

Connecticut SCT Opinion

Briefs here.

Cert Stage Materials in Seneca County v. Cayuga Indian Nation [property tax]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Seneca County Petition Final

Brief in Opposition

Reply

Lower court materials here.

 

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Challenge to Seminole Tribe’s Sovereign Immunity

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is today’s order list.

Here are the cert stage materials in Eglise Baptiste Bethanie De Ft. Lauderdale, Inc. v. Seminole Tribe of Florida.

Harvard Law Review Casenote on Williams v. Medley Opportunity Fund II [tribal payday lending]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “Williams v. Medley Opportunity Fund II, LP: Third Circuit Rules that Tribal Payday Lenders Cannot Compel Arbitration.”

We posted the materials on this case here.

Jamul Action Committee v. Simermeyer Cert Petition

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Jamul Pet2

Questions presented:

1. Whether, in 1994, Congress eliminated the distinction between “historic tribes” and “created tribes” and, thereby, eliminated the requirement that a tribe must have pre-existed the United States to have tribal immunity
2. Whether the JIV, which became a quarter-blood Indian group in 1996, is a federally recognized tribe, with tribal immunity, by virtue of the fact that it is still on the list of “Indian tribal entities” eligible to receive BIA services.

Lower court materials here.