Cherokee Nation v. Nash Argument Rescheduled to May 5, 2014

Here is the minute order:

MINUTE ORDER: The hearing set to take place on April 28, 2014, is RESCHEDULED to take place on Monday, May 5, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 25A before Judge Thomas F. Hogan. Signed by Judge Thomas F. Hogan on April 2, 2014. (lctfh2)

Updated and Complete Summary Judgment Briefs in Cherokee Freedman Case

Here are the materials in Cherokee Nation v. Nash (D.D.C.):

233 Cherokee Nation Brief

234 Federal Defendants – Expert Report in Support of Partial Summary Judgment

Exhibit 3 Federal Defendants Motion and Memo In Support – Cross Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and Opposition to Cherokee Motion

235-1 Cherokee Freedmen Brief

235-3 Exhibits

239 Cherokee Nation Reply

243 Federal Defendants’ Reply to Cherokee Opposition to Cross-Motion for Partial Summary Judgment

243-1 Ex 1 to Federal Reply Brief

243-2 Ex 2 to Federal Reply Brief

244 Cherokee Freedmen Reply

Oral argument set for April 28, 2014.

Mackinac Tribe v. Jewell — Complaint for Federal Recognition

Here is the complaint:

Complaint

An excerpt:

COMES NOW, Petitioner, MACKINAC TRIBE, by and through undersigned counsel, to petition the Court to determine that the MACKINAC TRIBE is a federally recognized  Indian Tribe, and to order the Defendant, Secretary of the Interior, to conduct elections under the Indian Reorganization Act to adopt a draft proposed Constitution for such tribe, and such other relief as may be appropriate.

Federal Court Denies Motion to Recover Cobell Litigation Expenses

Here are the materials:

3839 Motion for Expenses

3846 Federal Opposition

3848 Cobell Reply

4033 DCT Order Denying Motion

An excerpt:

Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Motion for Reconsideration of Class Representatives’ Expense Application [ECF No. 3839]. The motion seeks to have this Court reconsider its June 20, 2011 decision declining to further diminish the common fund benefitting class plaintiffs by granting the Class Representatives’ request to recover expenses related to recoverable grants third-party organizations made to the Blackfeet Reservation Development Fund (“BRDF”) to finance this lawsuit. Because the pending motion advances arguments and evidence that could have been raised by the plaintiffs before the Court ruled and entered judgment, the motion will be denied.

Federal Court Strikes USFWS Cape Wind Decision

Here is the opinion in Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. Beaudreu (D.D.C.):

371 DCT Order

The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) was part of this suit as well.

United States Cert Opposition Brief in Quantum Entertainment v. DOI

Here:

USA Cert Opp

Petition is here.

Winslow Indian Health Care Center Inc. v. United States Complaint

Here:

01 Complaint

An excerpt:

This is a suit against the United States for breach of contract and statute by the Indian Health Service (“IHS”), an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”). Plaintiff, the Winslow Indian Health Care Center (“WIHCC”), seeks money damages under the Contract Disputes Act, 41 U.S.C. § 7101 et seq. (“CDA”), based on the Secretary’s repeated violations of WIHCC’s contractual and statutory right to the payment of full funding of contract support costs (“CSC”) for contracts entered under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (“ISDEAA”), Pub. L. No. 93-638, as amended, 25 U.S.C. § 450 et seq.

WaPo Article on Interior and the Cherokee Freedmen

Here.

Summary Judgment Briefs in Cherokee Freedmen Matter

Here are the filings (so far) in Cherokee Nation v. Nash (D.D.C.):

233 Cherokee Nation Brief

234 Federal Defendants – Expert Report in Support of Partial Summary Judgment

Exhibit 3 Federal Defendants Motion and Memo In Support – Cross Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and Opposition to Cherokee Motion

235-1 Cherokee Freedmen Brief

235-3 Exhibits

 

Additional Materials in California Valley Miwok Tribe v. Jewell

Here:

2014 01 07 CVMT Background Memo (FINAL)

2014 01 06 Exs 1-9 CVMT Memo

2014 01 06 Exhs 10-23 CVMT Memo 

We posted most recently on this case here and here.