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.

Muscogee (Creek) Nation Disbars Benjamin Zvenia

Here is the Creek Supreme Court order:

administrative-order-2019-01-in-re-benjamin-zvenia.pdf

Ninth Circuit Decision in Knighton v. Cedarville Rancheria

Here is the opinion in Knighton v. Cedarville Rancheria of Northern Paiute Indians.

Briefs here.

Wilson v. Horton’s Towing Cert Petition [Montana; Exhaustion; Civil Forfeiture]

Here:

Cert Petition

Questions presented:

1. Does an Indian Tribe have authority under the second exception of Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 544 (1981), to forfeit automobiles owned by non Native Americans for violation of tribal drug laws while on tribal land?

2. If so, does the Tribe have authority to seize a motor vehicle off reservation if it has probable cause to believe that the automobile previously contained illegal drugs while on tribal lands?

Lower court materials here.

Eighth Circuit Decides Stanko v. Oglala Sioux Tribe

Here is the opinion.

Briefs here.

Federal Court Dismisses Bank Suit in Crow Nation Leadership Dispute

Here is the order in First Interstate BancSystem Inc. v. Not Afraid (D. Mont.):

20 DCT Order

Briefs are here.