tribal courts

Job Posting: Tulalip Tribe Associate Judge Position

Kate Fort

Job Announcement- Associate Judge

Sprint Communications Sues Oglala Sioux Tribe and Tribal Court over Utility Registration Fees

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Here are the materials in Sprint Communications Co. LP v. Wynne (D. S.D.):

1 Complaint

1-1 Exhibit 1

1-2 Exhibit 2

1-3 Exhibit 3

1-4 Exhibit 4

Tribal Courts Conference — Denver — March 19-20, 2015

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here (PDF):

SKMBT_28315020517090_Page_1

Navajo Civil Jurisdiction over Deceased Tribal Member’s Body at Issue

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “California woman battles Navajo Nation over husband’s body.“

Nooksack Tribe Gears Up for Reinstituting Disenrollment Proceedings

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials:

2013 – CI-CL-003 (ROBERTS) Notice of Compliance

2014-CI-CL-007 (BELMONT) Notice of Compliance

Federal Court Orders Exhaustion of Tribal Remedies in Claim against Western Sky-Related Lenders

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Brown v. Western Sky Financial LLC (M.D. N.C.):

92 Payday Financial Motion to Dismiss

94 Cashcall Omnibus Motion to Dismiss

97 Brown Response to Payday Financial

100 Brown Response to Omnibus Motion

102 Reply in Support of Omnibus Motion

103 Reply in Support of Payday Financial Motion

116 DCT Order on Exhaustion

An excerpt:

For the reasons described in detail in this Memorandum Opinion and in order to ensure that this matter is before the proper tribunal, this court finds most persuasive the cases holding tribal court exhaustion appropriate on the threshold issue of tribal court jurisdiction. Therefore, Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction (Doc. 91) will be denied without prejudice pending the determination of tribal court jurisdiction. Defendants’ Omnibus Motion (Doc. 93) will be granted in part in light of this court dismissing current proceedings without prejudice pending tribal court exhaustion and denied in part in that this court will not compel arbitration at this time.

We posted on this case a while back here.

 

“An Annotated Timeline of the Navajo Presidential Election Dispute”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

From Paul Spruhan on SSRN.

Indian Law Jobs in New Mexico Bar Bulletin

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

I saw postings for an Isleta Pueblo judge and a Jicarilla water law attorney.

Tulalip Tribal Court Dismisses State Law-Based Tort Claim against Tribal Business

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Jackson v. Tulalip Tribes of Washington (Tulalip Tribal Court):

Jackson v v Tulalip

NAICJA Announcement: “Developing Tribal Justice Systems in a Public Law 280 State”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Join the National American Indian Court Judges Association and the American Indian Law Center for the second in a series of four upcoming webinars on Emerging Practices in Civil Legal Assistance and Criminal Indigent Defense.  The goal of these webinars is to share four emerging practices that incorporate the philosophy, values, and characteristics of successful and effective legal assistance practices. These webinars will also share and highlight multiple programs that are currently implementing these practices.

 

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