Here is the opinion in Ute Indian Tribe v. McKee.
Briefs:
Lower court materials here.
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North Dakota Federal Court Holds that Exposing Nonmember Conducting Business on Indian Land to a Suit Enforcing a Contract-Based Smoking Ban to which the Nonmember Agreed to Creates an Irreparable Harm
Color me skeptical about the state of the Eighth Circuit’s tribal inherent powers jurisprudence if a tribal citizen who leases their land to nonmembers, who then violate the terms of that lease, cannot bring suit in tribal court to enforce the lease. Seems to me this holding is in direct conflict with the Supreme Court’s decisions ordering tribal exhaustion.
Here are the materials in WPX Energy Williston LLC v. Fettig (D.N.D.):
22 Motion to Dismiss Counterclaim
24-12 MHA Nation Trial Court Decision
27 Motion for Preliminary Injunction
Federal Court Dismisses Effort to Relitigate Tribal Court Child Custody Order, Awards Attorney Fees to Tribal Defendants
Here are the materials in Van Nguyen v. Foley (D. Minn.):
42 DCT Order Dismissing Complaint
46 Tribe Motion for Attorney Fees
Becker v. Ute Indian Tribe Cert Petition
Here:
Questions presented:
Whether a federal court may force a non-consenting, non-Indian plaintiff to exhaust his claims in tribal court when the defendant tribe has expressly consented by contract to federal or state court jurisdiction and waived both sov- ereign immunity and tribal exhaustion.
Whether a state court may adjudicate a contractual dispute between a tribe and a non-Indian where the tribe has provided specific contrac- tual consent to state court jurisdiction; or in- stead, whether the Constitution or laws of the United States prohibit such exercises of state court jurisdiction unless the State has assumed general civil jurisdiction over tribal territory under Sections 1322 and 1326 of Title 25.
Lower court materials here.
Update:
California COA Reverses Yavapai-Apache Nation v. La Posta Band of Diegueño Mission Indians
Wisconsin Federal Court Dismisses Dispute between Neighbors at Stockbridge-Munsee
Here are the materials in Hawk v. Burr (E.D. Wis.):
Washington Federal Court Orders Insurance Company to Exhaust Tribal Court Remedies
Here are the materials in Allstate Insurance Co. v. Cornelson (W.D. Wash.):
Tenth Circuit Briefs in Monster Tech. Group v. Eller [Iowa Tribe]
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.):
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