Federal Court Applies Collateral Estoppel and Dismisses Navajo Challenge to State Court Jurisdiction over Indian Allotment Dispute

Here are the materials in Navajo Nation v. Rael (D.N.M.):

21 Rael Motion for Judgment on Pleadings

24 Navajo Motion for Judgment on Pleadings

28 Rael Response

30 Navajo Response

31 Navajo Reply

34 DCT Order Granting Judge Rael Motion

UPDATE (7/12/17) (reconsideration denied):

36 Motion for Reconsideration

37 District Attorney Response

38 Judge Rael Response

40 Reply

41 DCT Order

Prior post here.

271 Nooksack Disenrollees Allowed to Intervene in Nooksack v. Zinke

Here is the order in Nooksack Indian Tribe v. Zinke (W.D. Wash.):

33 DCT Order Granting Motion to Intervene

Briefs here.

WaPo: “Hunting down runaway slaves: The cruel ads of Andrew Jackson and ‘the master class’”

Here.

Michael Blumm on the Treaty Right to a Habitat

Michael Blumm has published “Indian Treaty Fishing Rights and the Environment: Affirming the Right to Habitat Protection and Restoration” in the Washington Law Review.

Nooksack Crisis Update: IHS Reassumes Health Care Duties; NAICJA Acts against Tribal Judge; HUS Stops Evictions of Disenrollees

Here is “Federal government to take over health care from Nooksack Tribe.” And:

03-27-17 IHS Reasssumption Letter to Robert Kellly Jr

NAICJA has requested that the Nooksack judge relinquish his membership from that organization:

03-27-17 NAICJA Letter to Raymond Dodge

HUD informed the tribe to stop evicting disenrollees:

04-04-17 HUD Letter to Robert Kellly Jr

Summary Judgment Motions in Agua Caliente Tax Dispute

Here are the materials in Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Riverside County (C.D. Cal.):

144 Agua Caliente Motion

149-1 Desert Water Agency Motion

150 County Motion

153 Agua Caliente Reply

155 County Reply

156 Desert Water Agency Reply

Prior posts here.

Split Ninth Circuit Panel Affirms Felony Sentence for Eagle Acts Violation

Here is the opinion in United States v. Crooked Arm.

WaPo: “If Gorsuch is like his colleagues, he’ll constantly interrupt the female justices”

Here.

The empirical research backing this claim is here.

First Circuit Rules in Favor of Aquinnah in Gaming Dispute

Here is the opinion in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah).

Briefs here.

Ninth Circuit Materials in Lyon v. Gila River Indian Community

Here:

Gila River Opening Brief

Lyon Answer Brief

Gila River Reply Brief

Oral argument video here.

Prior CA9 opinion materials here.

Here are the issues in the case, according to the tribe: Continue reading