Suit over Jackpile Uranium Mine Cleanup Proceeds

Here are the materials in Atlantic Richfield Co. v. United States (D. N.M.):

32 US Motion to Dismiss

34 Laguna Construction Co Motion to Dismiss

36 Laguna Pueblo Motion to Dismiss

46 AR Response to US Motion

47 AR Response to Pueblo Motion

48 AR Response to LCC Motion

63 LCC Reply

64 US Reply

67 Pueblo Reply

71 DCT Order Granting US Motion

73 DCT Order Partially Granting Pueblo Motion

75 DCT Order Denying LCC Motion

Complaint here.

Eleventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Title VII Action against Florida Seminole

Here is the unpublished opinion in Longo v. Seminole Indian Casino-Immokalee.

Briefs are here.

Enterprise Rancheria Prevails in IGRA Good Faith Negotiations Suit against California

Here are the materials in Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe of the Enterprise Rancheria v. State of California (E.D. Cal.):

14-1 Tribe Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings

16 Opposition

17-1 State Motion

19 State Legislature Amicus Brief

20 Tribe Reply

21 State Reply

27 DCT Order

Federal Court Dismisses Title VII Action against Shakopee

Here are the materials in Nawls v. Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Gaming Enterprise – Mystic Lake Casino (D. Minn.):

17 Motion to Dismiss

32 Response

33 Reply

36 DCT Order

Federal Court Decides Quiet Title Act Matter

Here are the materials in Northern New Mexicans Protecting Land Water and Rights v. United States (D. N.M.):

22 US Motion to Dismiss

30 Response

31 Reply

33 DCT Order

Federal Court Holds Tribe and Council are Subject to Discover in FTCA Suit against US

Here are the materials in Matt v. United States (D. Mont.):

37 Motion to Quash

40-1 Opposition

42 Reply

45 DCT Order Granting Motion to Quash

An excerpt:

Matt seeks documents in the possession of the Fort Belknap Community Council. (Doc. 26-1 at 2.) In order to satisfy Matt’s request, Council would be required to take affirmative action to produce tribal documents. (Doc. 37 at 3.) If the Court granted Matt’s request the judgment would “interfere with public administration” of the tribe and would “compel [the sovereign] to act.” Maxwell, 708 F.3d at 1087-90. The recovery sought in this case would operate against the tribe. Matt should not be allowed to “circumvent tribal immunity” by addressing the Subpoena Duces Tecum to Mark Azure instead of to the tribe.

54 Motion to Compel

55 DCT Order

An excerpt:

The Council entered into an ISDEAA contract for the maintenance of the roads on Matt’s property. The Council and its tribal members should be deemed part of the BIA and subject to the FTCA. The Council and its tribal members should be subject to discovery related to the construction and maintenance of the roads covered by the ISDEAA contract.

 

Federal Court Quashes Subpoena on Tribal Sovereign Immunity Grounds

Here are the materials in Dillon v. BMO Harris Bank (N.D. Okla.):

3 Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians Motion to Quash

7 Response

9 Reply

15 DCT Order

 

Briefs in Star Tickets v. Chumash Casino Resort

Materials and documents for the leave to appeal in Michigan’s Supreme Court:

Defendant/Appellant’s Application for Leave to Appeal

Plaintiff-Appellee’s Brief in Opposition to Application for Leave to Appeal

Defendant/Appellant’s Brief In Reply To Opposition

Amicus brief in support of petition from State Bar’s American Indian Law Section

Our motion for leave to file and our lodged amicus brief in support of petition

South Dakota Dismisses Inmate Suit Against Rosebud Sioux Prison Officials

Opinion and Order Granting Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis and Dismissing Complaint in the matter of Whiting v. Eagle Bear (Jan. 22 2016).

William Whiting claimed constitutional violations, but the district court found it did not have jurisdiction to hear the case and defendants are immune.  Whiting must use administrative remedies.

Arizona Court of Appeals Affirms Immunity of Tribal Police for Off-Reservation Actions

Here is the opinion in Brown v. Officer K. Robertson #Y234 (Ariz. Ct. App.):

CV 14-0812