Here:
The petition is here.
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SCOTUS Cert Stage Materials in Turtle Mountain Ojibwe Efforts to Uncover Republican Legislators’ Racial Animus
Here are the cert stage materials in Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. North Dakota Legislative Assembly:
Republican Governors Amicus Brief in Opposition
Questions presented:
1. Should this Court vacate the Eighth Circuit’s decision under United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36 (1950)? 2. Are state legislators absolutely immune from civil discovery, including from producing documents and communications that involved or were shared with third parties, or is the state legislative privilege a qualified one, based on principles of comity, that yields where important federal interests are at stake?
Lower court materials here.
No Casino in Plymouth v. NIGC Cert Petition
Here:
Questions presented:
- Did the Ninth Circuit err when it dismissed plaintiffs’ challenge to DOI’s approval of a trust transfer for the Ione Band which was not a recognized tribe in 1934 as required by the IRA?
- Did the Ninth Circuit err when it dismissed plaintiffs’ challenge to NIGC’s authority to approve a gaming ordinance for the Ione Band which has no Indian lands as defined by IGRA?
- Did the Ninth Circuit err when it dismissed plaintiffs’ claim that federal acknowledgement as a tribe under 25 CFR Part 83 is a prerequisite for the Ione Band to receive IRA and IGRA benefits?
Lower court materials here.
West Flagler v. Haaland Cert Petition
Here:
Questions presented:
1. Whether IGRA authorizes the approval of a compact that purports to allow for an online sports gambling monopoly throughout the state and off Indian lands.
2. Whether an IGRA compact violates the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act if it provides for internet sports betting that is unlawful where many of the bets are placed.
3. Whether the Secretary’s approval of a tribalstate compact violates equal protection principles where it provides a specific tribe with a monopoly on online sports gaming off tribal lands, while state law makes that conduct a felony for everyone else.
Lower court materials here.
Littlefield v. DOI Cert Petition
Here:
Questions presented:
Whether the decision of the court of appeals conflicts with Carcieri?
Lower court materials here.
SCOTUS Denies Cert in McCarren Act Issue re: Klamath River
Federal Brief in Opposition in Klamath River Matter [McCarren Act]
SCOTUS Denies Two Indian Law Cert Petitions
Second Klamath Irrigation District v. Bureau of Reclamation Cert Petition [McCarren Act Issues]
Here:
Question presented:
Whether the federal government can avoid the doctrine of prior exclusive jurisdiction in an ongoing, comprehensive water adjudication under the McCarran Amendment by asserting defenses based on federal law.
The first petition is here.
Bird v. Three Affiliated Cert Petition [sovereign immunity]
Here is the petition in Bird v. Tribal Business Council of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation:
Question presented:
Does inclusion of a mandatory arbitration clause in an Agreement with an Indian Tribe waive the Tribe’s sovereign immunity?
Eighth Circuit materials:
District court materials here.
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