Eastern Band Cherokee SCT Issues Opinion on Sovereign Immunity

Here is the opinion in Campos v. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians:

D.C. Federal Court Dismisses Freedmen Descendants’ $90M Suit against Feds and Cherokee Nation

Here are the materials in Hinton v. Cherokee Nation (D.D.C.):

1 Complaint

16-1 Cherokee Nation Motion to Dismiss

20 US Motion to Dismiss

25 Hinton Response to 16

26 Hinton Response to 20

27 US Reply ISO 20

28 Cherokee Nation Reply ISO 16

30 DCT Order

Ninth Circuit Oral Argument in California v. Azuma Corp.

Here:

Briefs here.

Ninth Circuit Restores Suit against Feds in L.B. v. United States

Here is the unpublished opinion.

Briefs here.

One of the shittier efforts by DOJ to weasel out of accountability I’ve seen (and there are plenty). Glad the government’s position was booted so unceremoniously.

Navajo Company Sues Lender to Avoid Arbitration in Dispute over Coal Mining Financing

Here is the complaint in Navajo Transitional Energy Co. v. Criticalpoint Partners LLC (E.D. Pa.):

Utah Federal Court Dismisses Ute Tribe Effort to Force State to Sell Land Back to the Tribe

Here are the materials in Ute Indian Tribe v. Ure (D. Utah):

Louisiana COA Affirms Tribal Immunity

Here is the opinion in Flowers v. Jena Band of Choctaw Indians:

Oklahoma Federal Court Lets Feds Off Hook for Cherokee Nation Police Actions

Here are the materials in Proctor v. United States (E.D. Okla.):

Ninth Circuit Decides Caremark v. Choctaw Arbitration Dispute [spoiler — tribe loses]

Here is the opinion in Caremark LLC v. Choctaw Nation.

Briefs:

Opening Brief

Answer Brief

Reply

I really don’t know why people think litigants have no remedies from Indians. . . .

Ninth Circuit Oral Argument in L.B. v. United States [sexual assault by tribal police]

Here:

Briefs are here.