Indian Law Scholars Amicus Brief in Birthright Citizenship Case

Here is the brief in Trump v. Barbara:

United States v. Hopson Cert Petition

Here:

Question presented:

Whether respondents—Indians charged with felony assault in Indian country under the Major Crimes Act in violation of 18 U.S.C. 113(a)(6) and (8) and 1153(a)— were entitled both to a jury instruction on a lesser included offense not listed in the Major Crimes Act and complete acquittal if the jury found them guilty of that lesser offense.

Lower court materials here.

Tribal Amicus Brief in Enbridge Energy L.P. v. Nessel

Here:

Enbridge gives zero fucks about this sacred place.

Flying T v. Stillaguamish Cert Petition [Immovable Property Exception to Sovereign Immunity]

Here is the petition in Flying T Ranch Inc. v. Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians:

Question presented:

Under the immovable-property rule, may a party sue an Indian tribe, without the latter’s consent, in a State court to quiet title to real property located in that State but which is not within the boundaries of the tribe’s reservation and is not held in trust by the United States?

Lower court materials here.

Martorello v. Williams Cert Petition [tribal sovereign lending]

Here:

Questions presented:

1. Whether the Indian Commerce Clause preempts state regulation of loans made on an Indian reservation, by an arm of a tribe, when the borrower contracts via the internet.

2. Whether a violation of the unlawful debt prohibition of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1962, requires scienter for civil liability.

Lower court materials here.

Someone’s either been playing Galaga or reading Gorsuch, or both.

Tribal Amicus Brief in Watson v. Republican National Committee

Here:

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Michigan Treaty Rights and Alaska Subsistence Rights Challenges

Here is the order list.

Case tag for Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Michigan is here.

Case tag for Alaska v. United States is here.

FlintCo LLC v. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Cert Petition

Here:

Prior post here.

Briefs in Opposition to Alaska’s Effort to Once Again Open Up the Alaska Native Subsistence Rights Litigation

Here are the new briefs in Alaska v. United States:

Federal BIO

Tribal BIO

Cert petition here.

OMG this is ridiculous.

Stroble v. Oklahoma Tax Commission — State Brief in Opposition to Cert

Here:

Oklahoma Brief in Opposition

Cert petition here. Amicus briefs in support of the petition here.