Tribal Court Perspectives from the Bench panel at WSBA Indian Law Section CLE

Judges Montoya-Lewis & Drent

Fourth Circuit Oral Argument Audio in Williams v. Big Picture

Here.

Briefs here.

Muscogee Freedmen Descendants Forced to Exhaust Tribal Remedies

Here is the order in Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band v. Bernhardt (D.D.C.):

29 DCT Order

Briefs here.

Federal Court Denies Sanctions Request in Dismissed Intra-Tribal Leadership Dispute

Here are the materials in Tribal Council of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma v. Foster (W.D. Okla.):

1 Complaint

9 Notice of Voluntary Dismissal

13 Motion for Sanctions

13-5 Wilkinson v Hamilton Tribal Court Opinion

13-30 Hamilton v Election Commission Tribal Court Opinion

16 Notice of Voluntary Dismissal

17 Response to Motion for Sanctions

18 Reply

20 DCt Order

Ninth Circuit Panel Grants Rehearing in Knighton v. Cedarville Rancheria

Maybe this is nothing, but this is a little bit WEIRD . . . in that the Ninth Circuit’s opinions webpage links to an order granting rehearing (here) but there was no response brief docketed AND there is nothing on the court’s docket sheet indicating the petition was granted.

Here is the petition BTW:

Knighton Petition for Rehearing

Panel materials here.

 

SCOTUS Denies Cert in McNeal v. Navajo [formerly Dalley v. Navajo]

Here is today’s order list.

Cert stage and other materials in McNeal are here.

Federal Court Excuses Insurance Company from Tribal Court Jurisdiction

Here are the materials in Employers Mutual Casualty Company v. Branch (D. Ariz.):

1 Complaint

1-2 Coconino County Court Materials

15 EMCC MSJ

22 Navajo MSJ

25 EMCC Reply

28 Navajo Reply

32 DCT Order

Grocery Store Prevails in Defense of Tort Suit Arising on Navajo Lands

Here are the materials in Morris v. Giant Four Corners Inc. (D.N.M.):

1 Notice of Removal

1-1 State Court Compleint

38 Giant Motion to Dismiss or Stay Pending Exhaustion

41 Response

44 Reply in Support of 38

64 DCT Order Denying 38

79 DCT Order on Negligent Entrustment

90 Giant Motion for Judgment on Pleadings

91 Giant Motion to Compel Election of Remedies or Dismiss

98 Response to 91

99 Response to 90

101 Reply in Support of 90

103 Reply in Support of 91

112 DCT Order

Morning Sun: “Tribal appeals panel hears three family enrollment cases”

Here.

CSM: “Native justice: How tribal values shape Judge Abby’s court”

Here.