Here is the opinion in Outsource Services Management v. Nooksack Business Corporation:
And the briefs:
Outsource Services Management, Respondent v. Nooksack Business Corporation, Appellant
Case Number – 67050-6
Hearing Date – 09/20/2012
sovereign immunity
Pending Ninth Circuit En Banc Petition Materials in Maxwell v. County of San Diego
You’ll recall the panel opinion here found that tribal employees have no official immunity for official actions.
Here are the en banc petition materials:
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation Amicus Brief
Maxwell Response to En Banc Petition
Maxwell Supplemental Authorities Letter
The petition is still pending, but perhaps the Miller v. Wright amendment is evidence that the Ninth Circuit could take this case for en banc review.
Ninth Circuit Amends Miller v. Wright Panel Opinion
Here is the amended opinion.
Our post on the prior opinion is here.
The single amendment is to eliminate this footnote:
4. Neither in the district court nor on appeal do Miller, Lanphere, and Matheson allege a separate and distinct claim for injunctive or declaratory relief against the officials qua officials. See Maxwell, —- F.3d —-, 2012 WL 4017462, at *11. We therefore express no opinion as to the viability of such a claim against the officials themselves.
An en banc petition in the Maxwell case is currently pending.
Federal Court Order Memorializing Grant of Injunction against Yakama Tribal Court in Washington-Yakama Tax Dispute
Here is the order:
DCT Order Granting Washington’s Motion for PI
Briefs and materials here (federal) and here (tribal).
Worker’s Comp Suit against Poarch Band Creek Casino Montgomery Dismissed
Here are the materials in Sanderford v. Creek Casino Montgomery (M.D. Ala.):
California Appellate Briefs in Employment Discrimination Suit against Morongo Casino Resort & Spa
Here are the materials in Chavez v. Morongo Casino Resort & Spa (Cal. App. 4th):
Federal Court Denies Navajo Rule 19 Motion in Diné CARE v. US Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
Pala Disenrollees’ Suit against Feds Dismissed for Failure to Exhaust
Here are the materials in Aguayo v. Salazar (S.D. Cal.):
SCOTUSBlog: Two Indian Law Petitions to Watch for this Week’s Conference
Here:
Issue: (1) Whether a non-custodial parent can invoke the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA), 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901-63, to block an adoption voluntarily and lawfully initiated by a non-Indian parent under state law; and (2) whether ICWA defines “parent” in 25 U.S.C. § 1903(9) to include an unwed biological father who has not complied with state law rules to attain legal status as a parent.
Issue: (1) Whether a federal court has jurisdiction to enjoin activity that violates the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), 25 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq., but takes place outside of Indian lands; and (2) whether tribal sovereign immunity bars a state from suing in federal court to enjoin a tribe from violating IGRA outside of Indian lands.
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