Federal Court Now Rules in Favor of Navajo Nation in Head Start Program Funding Dispute

Here are the new materials in Navajo Nation v. Azar (D.D.C.):

Doc 16 Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment

Doc 17 Motion to Dismiss

Doc 22 Order granting Plaintiff’s Motion to Dismiss or in the Alternativ…

Doc 23 Memorandum Opinion 2018-03-27

Prior post here.

Federal Court Rejects Yankton Sioux Arguments on Dakota Access Pipeline

Here are the materials in the consolidated cases known as Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of Engineers (D.D.C.):

292 Yankton Sioux Tribe Motion for Summary J

317-1 Army Corps Response

319 Dakota Access Response

324 Reply

341 DCT Order

Ute Indian Tribe Sues US for Breach of Trust

Here is the complaint in Ute Indian Tribe v. United States (D.D.C.):

1 Complaint

Update in Cayuga Nation Leadership Dispute

Here are the materials in Cayuga Nation v. Zinke (D.D.C.):

16 Interior Motion to Dismiss

17 Cayuga Nation Council Motion to Intervene

19 Plaintiffs Opposition to 16

20 Plaintiffs Opposition to 17

22 Plaintiffs Motion for PI

24 Cayuga Nation Council Reply in Support of 17

29 DCT Order Granting Motion to Intervene

31 Cayuga Nation Council Opposition to 22

32 Interior Opposition to 22

33 Interior Reply in Support of 16

37 Plaintiffs Reply in Support of 22

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Federal Court Rejects Challenge to Wilton Rancheria Trust Acquisition Made by Acting Interior Official

Here are the materials in Stand Up for California! v. Dept. of Interior (D.D.C.):

33 Stand Up Motion for Summary J

40 Interior Cross Motion

41 Wilton Rancheria Cross Motion

45 Stand Up Reply

49 Wilton Reply

50 Interior Reply

53 DCT Order

Federal Court Rejects Navajo Move for Immediate Funding of Head Start Program; Case to Proceed

Here are the materials so far in Navajo Nation v. Azar (D.D.C.):

2-1 Motion for PI

11 Response

12 Reply

14 DCT Order

Utah Diné Bikéyah & Patagonia and Others Sue Trump over Bears Ears, Too

Here is the complaint in Utah Diné Bikéyah v. Trump (D.D.C.):

2017.12.06 – Bears Ears Complaint (filed)

Here is the complaint in Natural Resources Defense Council v. Trump (D.D.C.):

NRDC Complaint

Redding Rancheria Prevails in Reimbursement Dispute with Indian Health Service

Here are the materials in Redding Rancheria v. Hargan (D.D.C.):

31-1 US Motion for Summary Judgment

34-1 Rancheria Motion for Summary Judgment

35 Rancheria Response to 31

36-2 Alaska Health Board Amicus Brief

37 US Reply

42 US Response to Amici

60 DCT Order

Federal Court Rules Cherokee Freedmen Retain Treaty Rights

Here is the opinion in Cherokee Nation v. Nash (D.D.C.).

More details tomorrow.

An excerpt:

The Court finds it confounding that the Cherokee Nation historically had no qualms about regarding freedmen as Cherokee “property” yet continues, even after 150 years, to balk when confronted with the legal imperative to treat them as Cherokee people. While the Cherokee Nation might persist in its design to perpetuate a moral injustice, this Court will not be complicit in the perpetuation of a legal injustice.  

Briefs here. Case tag here.

Federal Court Dismisses as Moot Lumbee Member Challenge to BIA Indian Preference Interpretation

Here are the materials in Nakai v. Zinke (D.D.C.):

1 Complaint

8 Answer

13 Motion to Dismiss as Moot

13-2 M-37040 Opinion

14 Response

19 Reply

24 DCT Order