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Here is the opinion in Wells Fargo Bank NA v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians.
An excerpt:
The indenture and note between the Bank and the Tribe were secured by a perfected security interest in the DAR, after being deposited into the Tribe’s custodial account with the Bank. The indenture agreement at issue here did not confer any authority, control, or responsibility to the bondholder or the Bank for the conduct of any gaming activity. It merely provided the Bank and the bondholder with a security interest in a specific bank account. It did not and could not control what was deposited into that custodial account. A contract creating a security interest in a custodial account does not convey authority or responsibility for the conduct of any gaming activity. Therefore, it does not violate the sole proprietary interest rule.
Only brief I’ve found: Wells Fargo’s Reply brief
Here is the opinion in MMG LLC v. Seminole Tribe of Florida Inc.
An excerpt:
MMMG, LLC and Mobile Mike Promotions, Inc. appeal the involuntary dismissal of their complaint against a federal tribal corporation affiliated with the Seminole Tribe. We affirm the dismissal because the tribal corporation enjoyed sovereign immunity from suit, which was not effectively waived according to the procedure required in the corporation’s charter and bylaws.
Given the long history of exploitation of Native Americans, Congress has enacted statutes designed to protect tribes and tribal corporations. These statutes have been construed by federal and Florida courts as placing the onus on the non-tribal party to ensure that any waiver of sovereign immunity be executed in strict compliance with applicable tribal operating documents; common law doctrines such as apparent authority do not override the protection provided by federal law.
Briefs in the case: MMMG’s initial brief, Seminole’s answer, and MMMG’s reply.
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Here are the briefs in Sun v. Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise:
Reply TK
Lower court materials here.
Here is the opinion in Comanche Nation v. CDST-Gaming I LLC (CIO Southern Plains Region):
Chief Magistrate Judge for the Court of Indian Offenses ruled in favor of the Comanche Nation and against CDST-Gaming I, LLC on cross motions for summary judgment. CDST had sought over $38 million in lost profits for gaming device placements in arbitration, in federal court and then in tribal court for litigation lasting more than a decade.
Here is the opinion in Davis v. Davis.
An excerpt:
Prisoner Plaintiffs Teddy Norris Davis and Robbie Dow Goodman appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of prison officials within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (“TDCJ”). The district court granted summary judgment in Defendants’ favor on Plaintiffs’ First Amendment and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims challenging TDCJ policies on the wearing of medicine bags, the use of pipes during Native American religious pipe ceremonies, and grooming, based on the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc, et seq. We AFFIRM in part as to the First Amendment claim and RLUIPA claims concerning medicine bags and pipe ceremonies, and we VACATE and REMAND in part for further findings as to Plaintiffs’ grooming-policy RLUIPA claim.
Here:
| The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 6/13/16.
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Here. The actual rule starts at 81 Fed. Reg. 38864.
Also, now word searchable and only 100 pages (well, with three columns on each page and a font size that makes me happy I finally got reading glasses).
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