D.C Circuit

D.C. Circuit Briefs in Challenge to LNG Rule

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Sierra Club v. Dept. of Transportation:

Puyallup Brief.pdfDownload
Enviro Groups Opening Brief.pdfDownload
States Brief.pdfDownload
Federal Answer Brief.pdfDownload
Puyallup Reply.pdfDownload
State Reply Brief.pdfDownload
Enviro Groups Reply.pdfDownload

West Flagler v. Haaland Cert Petition

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

West Flagler Cert Petition.pdfDownload

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.

SCOTUS Denies Stay in West Flagler Suit

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in West Flagler Associates Ltd. v. Haaland:

Application for Stay

Federal Response

Order Denying Stay + Kavanaugh Statement

Seminole Letter

Lower court materials here.

Sault Tribe Trust Land Acquisition Appeal [updated 1/12/24]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the briefs (only one so far) in Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Haaland (D.C. Cir.):

Sault Tribe Opening Brief.pdfDownload
Federal Answer Brief.pdfDownload
Saginaw Chippewa and Nottawaseppi Brief.pdfDownload
Detroit Casinos Brief.pdfDownload

Sault Tribe Reply

Lower court materials here.

D.C. Circuit Briefs in Tanner-Brown v. Haaland

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Opening Brief.pdfDownload
Federal Answer Brief.pdfDownload

Lower court briefs here.

D.C. Circuit Rejects Challenge to Seminole Gaming Compact

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in West Flagler Associates Ltd. v. Haaland.

Briefs are here.

D.C. Circuit Allows North Dakota to Intervene in Missouri Riverbed Suit between MHA Nation and Interior Dept.

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in MHA Nation v. Dept. of the Interior:

Opinion

North Dakota Opening Brief.pdfDownload
Federal Answer Brief.pdfDownload
North Dakota Opening Brief.pdfDownload
Reply.pdfDownload

D.C. Circuit Issues CARES Act Opinion in Shawnee v. Yellen, or is it Miccosukee v. Yellen or Prairie Band Potawatomi v. Yellen?

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation v. Yellen. Long story short, Shawnee settled (I think) so they’re out, Miccosukee is out because their challenge is moot, and Prairie Band gets a remand ‘cuz the gummint’s got some ‘splaining to do. No zhoonya for tribal interests here, though the billables keep coming.

Briefs:

Opening Brief.pdfDownload
Federal Brief.pdfDownload
Reply.pdfDownload
Tribal Supplemental Brief.pdfDownload
Federal Supplemental Brief.pdfDownload

Lower court materials here (I think).

Not sure if this guy is entitled to zhoonya, but if he is, he deserves more than $70.

D.C. Federal Court Rejects Sault Tribe’s Third Effort to Force Interior to Acquire Land for Off-Rez Gaming

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order in Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Haaland (D.D.C.):

106-dct-orderDownload

Briefs here.

Fond du Lac Ojibwe Challenge to Mine Survives Motion to Dismiss in Minnesota Federal Court

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials so far in Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa v. Cummins (D. Minn.):

1 Complaint.pdfDownload
36 PolyMet Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
42 Response.pdfDownload
43 Reply.pdfDownload
48 DCT Order.pdfDownload