Ninth Circuit Briefs in Constitutional Challenge to MCA as Unjustified Racial Classification

Here are the briefs in United States v. Gordon:

Ok, so there’s only that brief so far. Also, since the defendant stipulated to tribal membership with Nez Perce, I doubt this has legs, but it’s the kind of full-throated attack on the Indian status cases arising under the Indian country criminal jurisdiction statutes that we should expect more regularly — i.e., the kind that relies a LOT on single-authored concurrences and dissents from a certain SCT Justice that tends to rely on discredited historical research.

Here’s the lower court judgment (nothing terribly helpful here since the defendant stipulated to tribal membership):

Miigwetch, Onion people!

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes v. Vanir Construction Management, Inc. Materials (so far)

Here are the materials so far in Shoshone-Bannock Tribes v. Vanir Construction Management, Inc.

Sho-Ban Tribes Prevail (in part) in Challenge to BLM Land Transfer to Polluter

Here are the materials in Shoshone-Bannock Tribes v. Daniel-Davis (D. Idaho):

Update in Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Land Claim against United States and City of Pocatello

Here are the materials in Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation v. United States (D. Idaho):

77-1 US Motion to Dismiss

91 Tribe Response

94 US Reply

102 DCt Order

108-1 US Motion to Reconsider

110 Tribe Response

111 US Reply

112 DCt Order

114-1 Tribe Motion to Reconsider

121 US Response

122 Pocatello Response

123 Tribe Reply re 121

124 Tribe Reply re 122

126 DCt Order

Prior post here.

Idaho Federal Court Dismisses Contract Claim against Coeur d’Alene Tribe

Here are the materials in Stinson Lumber Co. v. Coeur d’Alene Tribe (D. Idaho):

Idaho Federal Court Enjoins Coeur d’Alene Tribe from Evicting Lumber Company

Here are the materials so far in Stimson Lumber Co. v. Coeur d’Alene Tribe (D. Idaho):


Skitswish family, the Wildshoes pose in their Chalmers convertible, Idaho, 1910

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Northwestern Band of Shoshone Indians v. State of Idaho

Topside briefs here:

Response briefs TK.

Tribe Reply

Lower court materials here.

Little Soldier

Materials (so far) in Coeur d’Alene Tribe Family’s Civil Rights Suit over Desecration of Their Child’s Body

Here are the materials so far in James v. Kootenai County (D. Idaho):

1 Complaint

32-1 Motion to Amend Complaint to Add Punitive Damages

35-1 County MSJ

37 Opposition

44 Reply in Support of 35

46 DCT Order re Punitive Damages

News coverage:

Inlander: “Coeur d’Alene tribal members say their religious rights were violated in daughter’s untimely death

Spokesman Review: “Coeur d’Alene Tribe member’s body returned to family”