Washington SCT Intervenes in Nooksack Disenrollees’ Housing Suit

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Oshiro v. Washington State Housing Finance Commission:

1. 4-14-22 Petioners’ Emergency Motion for Discretionary Review 2022-06-08 23_21_41.pdfDownload
5. 4-18-22 Answer of Tribal Limited Partnerships to Motion for Discretionary Review 2022-06-08 23_21_36.pdfDownload
11. 4-19-22 Petitioners’ Reply on Emergency Motion for Preliminary Injunctive Relief 2022-06-08 23_23_52.pdfDownload
13. 4-20-22 Petitioners’ Emergency Motion to Modify the Commissioner’s April 19 2022 Ruling and Request for Preliminary Injunctive Relief 2022-06-08 23_25_16.pdfDownload
17. 5-12-22 Petitoners’ Reply on Emergency Motion to Modify the Commissioner’s April 19 2022 Ruling and Request for Preliminary Injunctive Relief 2022-06-08 23_25_27.pdfDownload
18. 6-8-22 Order 2022-06-08 23_25_50.pdfDownload

Minnesota SCT Rejects Mille Lacs County Officials’ Demand for State to Defend Mille Lacs Ojibwe Reservation Boundaries Suit

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Walsh v. State of Minnesota:

Opinion 2022-06-09 10_43_40.pdfDownload

WSBA Indian Law Section CLE, June 16-17

Kate Fort

Registration here.

Thursday, June 16 | 8am – 1pm PT

  • Judicial Updates
  • Makah Whaling Rights and MMPA Waiver
  • Ecology Department’s Refusal to Consider Unadjudicated Reserved Treaty Water Rights for Instream Flow
  • State and Federal Consultation with Tribes: The Climate Change Commitment Bill and National Archives Case Studies
  • Treasury Department Funding Distributions and Relations with Tribes
  • Tribal Sovereign Immunity and Individual Liability of Tribal Officials

Friday, June 17 | 8am – 1pm PT

  • Tribal Laws and Accommodating Employee Vaccine Objections; Learning from the Pandemic
  • Growing Food Sovereignty Through Tribal Agricultural Enterprise
  • Brackeen in the Supreme Court
  • Hemp and Other Economic Development Models
  • Shopbell v. WDFW Seizure Claims
  • Ethics issues and Conflicts of Interest Analyses in a Small Legal Community

Ninth Circuit Orders En Banc Review in Brice v. Plain Green LLC

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials:

Brice Rehearing Petition 11.1 final

Amicus Brief Supporting Petition

Opposition

Reply

CA9 Order Granting En Banc Review

Panel materials here.

Allie Maldonado Wins Mary S. Coleman Award from Women Lawyer’s Association of Michigan

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

The Indian Country Abortion Safe Harbor Fallacy

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

By Lauren Van Shilfgaard, Aila Hoss, Sarah Deer, Ann E. Tweedy, and Stacy Leeds, here.

Wisconsin Federal Court Enjoins Red Cliff Ojibwe Tribal Court Proceeding against Opioid Company

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in McKinsey & Company v. Boyd (W.D. Wis.):

1 Complaint

1-2 Tribal Court Complaint

5 Motion for Preliminary Injunction

26 Response

30-dct-orderDownload

Fletcher on American Legal History Podcast

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “Episode Sixteen: Federal Indian Law Part 1.”

Thanks to Tim Innes for including me.

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Oklahoma Federal Court Declines to Enjoin Fort Sill Apache Casino Opening

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Kiowa Tribe v. Dept. of the Interior (W.D. Okla.):

18 Interior Response

21 Fort Sill Response

31-dct-orderDownload

Prior post here.