Third Circuit Rejects Immunity Defense of Fork Belknap Sovereign Lending Company

Here is the opinion in Ransom v. GreatPlains Finance LLC.

Briefs:

GreatPlains Brief

Amicus Brief

Ransom Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.

UDub 38th Annual Indian Law Symposium (Sept. 4-5, 2025)

Register here.

SCHEDULE PREVIEW

Thursday, Sept. 4

  • Litigation and Federal Legislative Updates
  • Keynote: Professor Kekek Stark (Turtle Mountain), Alexander Blewitt III School of Law, University of Montana
  • Fish and the Future
  • Mining and Transboundary Impacts
  • Ethics: Maya Titova and Jaxi Sehorn, Staff Attorneys, Tribal Public Defense Clinic, Native American Law Center, UW School of Law

Friday, Sept. 5

  • NEPA…Still?
  • Keynote: Bryan Newland (Bay Mills), Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville, PC, Washington, DC
  • The Mighty Columbia; Old Challenges, New Developments

More details here:

NARF’s Work in Alaska Over 40 Years

The Native American Rights Fund has provided legal assistance to Tribes in Alaska since NARF’s founding in the early 1970s. In 1984, NARF opened an Alaska office so it could better serve Alaska Native Tribes and individuals. In the 40 years since NARF Alaska opened its doors, the office has litigated some of the most influential cases in the development of federal Indian law in Alaska. Below is an overview of the foundational work that NARF has done with and on behalf of Alaska Native Tribal governments and people.

Utah Federal Court Declines to Allow Ute Tribe to Intervene in Federal Environmental Enforcement Action against Tribal Business Partner

Here are materials in United States v. Ovintiv USA Inc. (D. Utah)/United States v. Fourpoint Resources LLC (D. Utah):

16 Motion to Intervene

42 Ute Tribe Brief

43 Federal Brief

44 Reply

45 DCT Order

D.C. Circuit Decides Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians v. HHS

Here is the opinion in Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians v. Dept. of Health and Human Services.

Briefs:

Red Lake Brief

US Answer Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.

Louisiana Appellate Court Rejects Claims of Serial Claimant against Chitimacha Tribe

Here is the unpublished opinion in Spivey v. Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana:

Related post here.

Potawatomi Gathering Judicial Conference @ Gun Lake Tribe

Shawn Watts, Mike Petoskey, and Dave Petersen
Baylee Ogle and MF

New York Federal (Again) Declines to Dismiss Cayuga Nation’s Suit against New York Gaming Agency

Here are the new materials in Cayuga Nation v. New York State Gaming Commission (N.D. N.Y.):

Prior post here.

Sixth Circuit Decides GTB v. BCBS

Here is the opinion in Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.

Briefs:

GTB Brief

BCBS Brief

Reply

Apache Women Sue US over Proposed Oak Flat Destruction

Here is the complaint in Lopez v. United States (D.D.C.):