tribal courts – Page 39

Mitchell v. Tulalip Tribes Cert Petition

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

Here:

UPDATE:

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.

Fourth Circuit Briefs in Williams v. Big Picture Loans

January 28, 2019April 17, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

appellant brief

williams appellee brief

center for responsible lending amicus brief

conference of tribal lending commissioners amicus brief

States Brief

ncai amicus brief

Redacted Reply Brief

Lower court materials here.

Federal Court Rejects Ute Tribe Effort to Disqualify Judge [Ute v. McKee]

January 28, 2019May 6, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials so far in Ute Indian Tribe v. McKee (D. Utah):

2 complaint

29 motion to disqualify judge

31 opposition

32 reply

38 dct order denying motion

Update (5/6/19):

39-tribe-motion-for-default.pdf

40-mckee-opposition-to-39.pdf

43-motion-to-intervene.pdf

44-reply-in-support-of-39.pdf

45-tribe-opposition-to-43.pdf

46-mckee-opposition-to-43.pdf

52-dct-order-denying-motion-for-default.pdf

53-dct-order-denying-motion-to-intervene.pdf

Federal Court Orders Exhaustion in Suit against Tribal Corporation

January 24, 2019January 24, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in World Fuel Services Inc. v. Nambe Pueblo Development Corporation (D. N.M.):

Federal Court Declines to Dismiss Federal Prosecution of Alleged DV Offender Subsequent to Tribal Conviction

January 24, 2019January 26, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in United States v. Denepzi (D. Colo.):

1 indictment

29 motion to dismiss + cio pleadings [deleted]

30 us response

31 reply + exhibits

32 dct order

Arizona Appellate Court Enforces Tribal Court Attorney Fees Award

January 23, 2019January 23, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the unpublished opinion in Chemehuevi Indian Tribe v. Mullally:

1 ca-cv 18-0175

McNeal v. Navajo Nation Cert Petition

January 16, 2019March 15, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

cert-petition-2.pdf

Question presented:

Whether the Tenth Circuit panel violated the current jurisprudence of this Court and the Congressional policy underlying IGRA by precluding the Nation from exercising its sovereign authority to permit a patron’s tort claim against the Nation and its gaming facility to be brought in state court without express congressional permission.

Lower court materials here.

UPDATE (3/14/19):

Navajo BIO