tribal courts

Here is the Creek Supreme Court order:

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

Ninth Circuit Decision in Knighton v. Cedarville Rancheria

March 13, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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]

February 25, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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

February 22, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion.

Briefs here.

Federal Court Dismisses Bank Suit in Crow Nation Leadership Dispute

February 15, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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

20 DCT Order

Briefs are here.

Mitchell v. Tulalip Tribes Cert Petition

January 30, 2019May 8, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

mitchell-cert-petition.pdf

UPDATE:

Tulalip BIO

Question presented:

Does sovereign immunity bar the federal courts’ consideration of a declaratory judgment action to determine whether Respondent Tribes can exercise regulatory/taxing authority over real property owned in fee by Petitioners non-Indians, pursuant to allotments that were authorized by the Tribes’ treaty with the United States?

Lower court materials here.