Miami Tribe Sues Auction House to Recover Chief Little Turtle’s Peace Medal from 1795 Treaty of Greenville Negotiations

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Miami Tribe of Oklahoma v. Stack’s-Bowers Numismatics (Cal. Super.):

1 Complaint.pdfDownload

Connecticut COA Rejects Mashantucket Pequot Effort to Recover COVID Losses from Insurance Company

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation v. Factory Mutual Insurance Co.:

Opinion.pdfDownload
Tribe Brief.pdfDownload
Insurance Company Brief.pdfDownload

Another California Valley Miwok Lawsuit Filed

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the new complaint in California Valley Miwok Tribe v. Haaland (D.D.C.):

1 Complaint.pdfDownload

Minnesota Federal Court Rejects Ojibwe Bands’ Challenge to State Clean Water Standards

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa v. EPA (D. Minn.):

1 Complaint.PDFDownload
90 Tribes’ Motion for Summary J.PDFDownload
98 Tribal Amicus Brief.PDFDownload
101 EPA Motion for Summary J.PDFDownload
109 State Motion for Summary J.pdfDownload
113 Tribes’ Reply.PDFDownload
116 Federal Reply.pdfDownload
125 DCT Order.PDFDownload

New Mexico Federal Court Dismisses San Felipe Pueblo Challenge to Boundary Claim Settlement with Santa Ana Pueblo

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order in Pueblo of San Felipe v. Haaland (D.N.M.):

55 DCT Order.pdfDownload

Briefs here.

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Challenge to Mashpee Wampanoag Trust Land Acquisition

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is today’s order list.

The cert petition is here.

These guys shoulda been on the Supreme Court. . . .

Oklahoma Gov. Stitt Discovered Attempting to Rewrite Original Draft of Chief Justice Marshall’s Worcester v. Georgia Opinion to Read “Indianas Lose”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Nevada Federal Court Dismisses Challenge to Winnemucca Housing Evictions

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Brown v. Haaland (D. Nev.):

100 Plaintiffs MSJ.pdfDownload
101 Federal Cross Motion.pdfDownload
102 Tribe MSJ.pdfDownload
107 Plaintiffs Reply.pdfDownload
108 Tribal Reply.pdfDownload
111 Federal Reply.pdfDownload
112 DCT Order.pdfDownload

Prior post here.

Illinois Federal Court Holds Race-Based Discrimination against Tribal Businesses is Legal under Federal Law [yeah I’m being a little pissy about this]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Waukegan Potawatomi Casino LLC v. City of Waukegan (N.D. Ill.):

1 Removal Notice.pdfDownload
1-1 State Court Complaint.pdfDownload
122 City Motion for Summary J.pdfDownload
132 Response.pdfDownload
152 Reply.pdfDownload
171 DCT Order.pdfDownload
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