Nooksack Disenrollments under Resolution 13-111 Enjoined

Here:

Roberts v Kelly Order Permanently Enjoining Disenrollment Proceedings

COA materials here.

Updated and Complete Summary Judgment Briefs in Cherokee Freedman Case

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

233 Cherokee Nation Brief

234 Federal Defendants – Expert Report in Support of Partial Summary Judgment

Exhibit 3 Federal Defendants Motion and Memo In Support – Cross Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and Opposition to Cherokee Motion

235-1 Cherokee Freedmen Brief

235-3 Exhibits

239 Cherokee Nation Reply

243 Federal Defendants’ Reply to Cherokee Opposition to Cross-Motion for Partial Summary Judgment

243-1 Ex 1 to Federal Reply Brief

243-2 Ex 2 to Federal Reply Brief

244 Cherokee Freedmen Reply

Oral argument set for April 28, 2014.

Caddo Nation Leadership Dispute in Federal Court

Here are the materials in Caddo Nation of Oklahoma v. Court of Indian Offenses for the Anadarko Agency (W.D. Okla.):

1 Complaint

1-7 Petn for Emergency TRO

1-8 CIO Emergency TRO

2 Plaintiff Motion for TRO

8 Plaintiff Supplemental Brief

9 DCT Order

N. Carolina COA Affirms Conviction Obtained under State-Tribal Cross-Deputization Agreement

Here are the materials in State v. Kostick (N.C. App.):

Kostick Brief

State Brief

NC COA Opinion

An excerpt:

Pursuant to the Tribal Code of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians and mutual compact agreements between the Tribe and other law enforcement agencies, the North Carolina Highway Patrol has authority to patrol and enforce the motor vehicle laws of North Carolina within the Qualla boundary of the Tribe, including authority to arrest non-Indians who commit criminal offenses on the Cherokee reservation. Our State courts  have jurisdiction over the criminal offense of driving while impaired committed by a non-Indian, even where the offense and subsequent arrest occur within the Qualla boundary of the Cherokee reservation.

Nooksack COA Strikes Down Disenrollment Procedures

Here is the opinion in Roberts v. Kelly:

Roberts v Kelly COA Opinion

Briefs are here.

Lower court materials are here.

Howard Brown and Ray Austin Update Article on Navajo Preference in Employment Act

Howard L. Brown and the Honorable Raymond D. Austin have published “The Navajo Preference in Employment Act: A Review and Update of Cases and Rules, 2010–2012” in the New Mexico Law Review. 

The original article from 2010 is here.

Three Tribes Approved for VAWA Jurisdictional Pilot Project

Press release here (pdf) and here.

Details here.

WASHINGTON – Three American Indian tribes – the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, the Tulalip Tribes of Washington, and the Umatilla Tribes of Oregon – will be the first in the nation to exercise special criminal jurisdiction over certain crimes of domestic and dating violence, regardless of the defendant’s Indian or non-Indian status, under a pilot project authorized by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA 2013).

Update in Roberts v. Kelly — Nooksack Disenrollment Appeal

Here:

Roberts v Kelly Appellants’ Opposition to Motion for Order Shortening Time On Appeal

Roberts v Kelly COA Appellees’ Motion for Order Shortening Time On Appeal

Roberts v Kelly COA Order Denying Appellees’ Motion to Shorten Time

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Navajo SCT Rules against Navajo Member in Employment Suit with BHP Bilton/New Mexico Coal Co.

Here is the opinion in Jones v. BHP Bilton/New Mexico Coal Co.:

Jones v BHP Opinion

Nooksack Tribal Court Materials on Disenrollees Motion for Contempt

Here are the new materials in St. Germaine v. Kelly (Nooksack Tribal Court):

St Germain v. Kelly Motion for Order to Show Cause Re Contempt

St Germain v. Kelly Declaration of Leah Zapata

St. Germain v. Kelly Declaration of Agripina Smith

St. Germain v. Kelly Response to Plaintiffs Motion of Ord to Show Cause Re Contempt

Previous materials in this case are here and here.