Tenth Circuit Briefs in Monster Tech. Group v. Eller [Iowa Tribe]

Here:

Opening Brief

Tribe Answer Brief

Lower court materials here.

Smoking monster engine destroying town

D.C. Federal Court Awards $15M+ to Navajo Nation for Judicial Costs under PL638

Here are the materials in Navajo Nation v. United States (D.D.C.):

17 Navajo MSJ

19-1 US Cross Motion

21 Navajo Reply

23 US Reply

White Earth Ojibwe Appellate Court Dismissed Manoomin Suit against Minnesota DNR

Here is the order in Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources v. Manoomin dated March 10, 2022:

Prior post here.

California Federal Court Confirms Tribal Jurisdiction over Nonmember Business

Here are the materials in Rincon Mushroom Corporation of America v. Mazzetti (S.D. Cal.):

166 Rincon Mushroom MSJ

167-1 Tribe MSJ

171 Rincon Mushroom Reply

174 Tribe Reply

Prior post here.

Semi-Split Tenth Circuit Decides Chegup v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation [banishment]

Here is the opinion.

Briefs here.

An excerpt:

We begin by discussing the tribal exhaustion doctrine involved in this case. “[W]hen a federal court has subject-matter jurisdiction over a claim arising in Indian country over which a tribal forum has colorable jurisdiction, principles of comity and the federal policy of promoting tribal self-government generally require that the plaintiff fully exhaust tribal remedies before proceeding in federal court.” Restatement of the Law of Am. Indians § 59 cmt. a (Am. Law Inst., Proposed Final Draft 2021).

slip op. at 14.

Maybe a little more Restatement. . . .

Post–Santa Clara Pueblo, federal review has been limited to habeas, leaving tribal courts to adjudicate any other civil rights claims. See Restatement of the Law of Am. Indians § 16 cmt. a (“With the exception of actions for habeas corpus relief [under § 1303, ICRA’s civil rights] guarantees are enforceable exclusively in tribal courts and other tribal fora.”).

slip op. at 21.
Ute Indians camped at Belle Fourche, South Dakota, who are dissatisfied with their treatment: Capt. Johnson, with the Sixth Cavalry from Ft. Meade, S.D., addressing Indians, who they were sent to arrest

And more. . . .

Tribal exhaustion doctrine exists to preserve tribal sovereignty and prevent the federal courts from running roughshod over tribal legal systems. See Norton, 862 F.3d at 1243; Restatement of the Law of Am. Indians § 28 cmt. a (“[A]djudication of matters impairing reservation affairs by any nontribal court . . . infringes upon tribal law-making authority, because tribal courts are best qualified to interpret and apply tribal law.”).

Slip op. at 34.

Ninth Circuit Affirms Crow Jurisdiction over Utility

Here is the unpublished opinion in Big Horn County Electric Cooperative v. Big Man.

Briefs here.

Lower court materials here.

Crow Fair, Crow Agency, Montana: processions and regalia, 1979

Minnesota Federal Court Declines to Suppress Red Lake Tribal Criminal Defendant’s Uncounseled Statements to FBI and Uncounseled Tribal Court Plea

Here are the materials in United States v. Begay (D. Minn.):

MCN Supreme Court Decides Thlopthlocco Tribal Town v. Anderson

Annual Report of Extension and Industry, Five Civilized Tribes, Muskogee, OK, 1940

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Eagle Bear Inc. v. Blackfeet Indian Nation

Babb Indian Rodeo, Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana, 1979

Here:

Lower court materials here.

Ninth Circuit Decides Adams v. Dodge [Nooksack]

Here is the unpublished opinion.

Briefs are here.