attorney fees

Arizona COA Holds Hopi Tribe Owes $300K in Attorney Fees to Arizona Snowbowl

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Hopi Tribe v. Arizona Snowbowl Resort Limited Partnership:

Unpublished Opinion

The case is on remand from the Arizona Supreme Court, which rejected the tribe’s public nuisance theories here.

Tenth Circuit Declines to Award Attorney Fees to Prevailing Osage Trust Claimants

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Fletcher v. United States (PDF):

Briefs:

Appellant Brief

Appellee Brief

Reply

Plaintiff’s Counsel in Frivolous False Claims Act Suit Brought by Former Sauk-Siuattle Employee Sanctioned for More than $10K

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the new materials in Dahlstrom v. United States (W.D. Wash.):

118 Motion to Amend

119 DCT Order

Prior posts here.

D.C. Circuit Oral Argument in Fired Law Firm’s Effort to Access Yankton Sioux Settlement Funds as Attorney Fees

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Briefs here.

Eighth Circuit Decides Enerplus Resources (USA) Corporation v. Wilkinson II

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the unpublished opinion.

Briefs:

Appellant Brief

Appellee Brief

Reply

Prior posts here.

Federal Court Grants Summary Judgment to US on Whistleblower Claims from Former Sauk-Siuattle Employee

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in the looooong-running Dahlstrom v. United States (W.D. Wash.) matter:

98 US MSJ

103 Response

107 Reply

116 DCT Order Granting 98

Prior materials in this case here. Materials in the related case against the tribe, here.

Connecticut Appellate Court Vacates Attorney Fees Order Directed at Foxwoods Casino Games Vendor

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Town of Ledyard v. WMS Gaming, Inc.: PDF

Federal Court Dismisses False Claims Act Complaint against Sauk-Suiattle Employees, Awards Attorney Fees

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Dahlstrom v. Sauk-Suiattle Tribe (W.D. Wash.):

64 Individual Defendants MSJ

72 Response

75 Reply

79 DCT Order

Order dismissing same claims against the tribe is here.

Materials in related claims against US, here.

Materials in Cook Inlet Tribal Council Suit against Indian Health Service

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Cook Inlet Tribal Council v. Mandregan (D.D.C.):

1 Complaint

13-1 Tribe MSJ

15 IHS Cross MSJ

18 Tribe Reply

21 IHS Reply

39 DCT Order

40 Tribe Bill of Costs

41 Tribe Motion for Atty Fees

42 IHS Response to 40

43 IHS Motion for Reconsideration

44 Tribe Reply in Support of 41

51 Tribe Cross Motion for Reconsideration

58 IHS Response to 41

60 IHS Reply in Support of 43

61 Tribe Reply in Support of 41

65 DCT Order

Florida COA Awards Attorney Fees to Miccosukee Tribe

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Miccosukee Tribe v. Lewis Tein PL (Fla. Dist. Ct. App.):

opinion-3.pdf