Tonasket v. Sargent Cert Petition — Challenge to Colville Tax Compact

Here:

Tonasket v Sargent Cert Petition

Questions presented:

1. Whether Indian tribal immunity from suit allows the Indian tribe, a price fixing competitor, to be immune from federal anti-trust laws?

2. Whether the officials of an Indian tribe that include the tribe’s tobacco tax administrator, acting in violation of federal law, can be protected by tribal immunity when prospective relief is sought?

Lower court materials here.

Supreme Court Denied Cert in Native Village of Kivalina v. Exxon Mobil

Order sheet here.

Previous coverage here.

OSG Recommends Denial of Michigan’s Cert Petition in Vanderbilt Casino Dispute

Here is the brief:

12-515 Michigan v Bay Mills

Complete Cert Stage Briefing in Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp.

Here:

Petition

Opposition Brief

Reply Brief

Miller v Wright Cert Opposition Brief

Here:

Miller v Wright Cert Opp

The petition is here. No chance for a grant. I wouldn’t have even filed an opposition….

Cert Petition Challenging Nebraska SCT Decision on Good Cause “Exception” to ICWA Tribal Court Transfer Rule

Here is the petition:

Zylena R v. Elise M. Cert Petition

The questions presented:

(1) Whether ICWA prohibits a state court from considering the “best interests of the child” when determining whether “good cause” exists to deny the transfer of an ongoing child welfare case.
(2) Whether ICWA requires a state court to treat a motion to terminate parental rights as a “new proceeding” for purposes of determining whether “good cause” exists to deny the transfer of an ongoing child welfare case.
Lower court decision here.

Supreme Court Cert Petition Alleging Montana Interference with Navajo Sovereignty

I think. The petition is a bit confusing. Here is the petition in Butler v. Montana:

Butler v Montana Cert Petition

Question presented (which tells us almost nothing):

The question presented is whether the justice of the peace, presiding over a court of no record, exercised jurisdiction over a sovereign nation in contravention of New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe, 462 U.S. 324, 338, 103 S. Ct. 2378, 2388-89, 76 L. Ed. 2d 611 (1983), and federal statutes conferring jurisdiction solely on the Navajo Nation by preventing Petitioner from hunting in the Navajo Nation.

Lower court decision, State v. Butler, here:

Montana SCT Decision

Apparently, this is an appeal to the Montana court’s order that Butler violated his probation he received for hunting violations in Montana because he went hunting on the Navajo Nation.

Just no.

Miller v. Wright Cert Petition

Here:

Miller v Wright Cert Petition

Questions presented:

The questions presented in this case are:
1. Whether Indian tribal immunity from suit allows the Indian tribe, a price fixing competitor, to be immune from federal anti-trust laws?
2. Whether the officials of an Indian tribe, acting beyond their authority, can be protected by tribal immunity when prospective relief is sought?
Lower court materials here.

 

Supreme Court Denies Cert in Ward Churchill Case

Here.

Petition here.

News coverage here and here.

Supreme Court Denies Cert in New 49ers v. Karuk Tribe

Here is the order list for today.

And the briefs are here.