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Buchwald Capital Advisors LLC v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Cert Petition [Bankruptcy Code + Sovereign Immunity]

March 22, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

buchwald cert petition

Question presented:

Whether the Bankruptcy Code abrogates the sovereign immunity of Indian tribes.

Lower court materials here.

Split Sixth Circuit Panel Confirms Tribal Immunity in Bankruptcy Act Proceedings

February 27, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in In re Greektown Holdings LLC.

Briefs:

buchwald-brief.pdf

sault-tribe-brief.pdf

buchwald-reply.pdf

Lower court materials and prior posts here.

Washington Appellate Court Holds Tribal Gaming Commission Immune from Suit

February 26, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Long v. Snoqualmie Gaming Commission (Wash. Ct. App.):

appellant-brief.pdf

appellee-brief.pdf

Eighth Circuit Decides Stanko v. Oglala Sioux Tribe

February 22, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion.

Briefs here.

Federal Court Holds Individual Members of Tribal Corporate Board Can Be Sued under False Claims Act

February 21, 2019April 17, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Cain v. Salish Kootenai College (D. Mont.):

110 SKC Motion to Certify

112 Individual Defendants MTD

115 Response to 110

116 Response to 112

117 Reply in Support of 110

118 Reply in Support of 112

UPDATE: 129 Amended DCT Order

Prior posts here and here.

Mitchell v. Tulalip Tribes Cert Petition

January 30, 2019May 8, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

mitchell-cert-petition.pdf

UPDATE:

Question presented:

Does sovereign immunity bar the federal courts’ consideration of a declaratory judgment action to determine whether Respondent Tribes can exercise regulatory/taxing authority over real property owned in fee by Petitioners non-Indians, pursuant to allotments that were authorized by the Tribes’ treaty with the United States?

Lower court materials here.

Fourth Circuit Briefs in Williams v. Big Picture Loans

January 28, 2019April 17, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

appellant brief

williams appellee brief

center for responsible lending amicus brief

conference of tribal lending commissioners amicus brief

ncai amicus brief

Redacted Reply Brief

Lower court materials here.

Ninth Circuit Vacates Stillaguamish Effort to “Engineer” Jurisdiction in an Immunity Defense Case

January 22, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians v. State of Washington.

Materials here.

Federal Judge Declines to Quash Subpoenas of Tribal General Counsel

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Wichtman v. Martorello (W.D. Mich.):

1-1 motion to quash

Federal Court Dismisses Contract Claim against Alaska Tribe

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Alaska Logistics LLC v. Newtok Village Council (D. Alaska):

6 answer and counterclaims

19 tribe motion to dismiss

25 answer to counterclaims and counterclaims to counterclaims

28 motion to strike

29 opposition to mtd

31 reply in support of mtd