Here are the materials in Barnes v. 3 River Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (D. Mont.):
Montana Federal Court Allows Tribal Members’ Race Discrimination Complaint against Telephone Coop to Proceed
District of Montana
Cert Petition in Big Horn County Electric Cooperative Inc. v. Big Man
Here:
Question presented:
Whether an Indian tribal court has subject-matter jurisdiction to adjudicate a tribally created claim as an “other means” of regulating a nonmember federally funded and federally regulated electric cooperative tasked with providing electrical service to all customers within its service territory, including tribal members on Indian reservations?
Lower court materials here.
Update:
Northern Cheyenne Tribe Sues Interior over Reservation Policing
Here is the complaint in Northern Cheyenne Tribe v. United States (D. Mont.):
Ninth Circuit Affirms Crow Jurisdiction over Utility
Here is the unpublished opinion in Big Horn County Electric Cooperative v. Big Man.
Briefs here.
Lower court materials here.
Ninth Circuit Briefs in Eagle Bear Inc. v. Blackfeet Indian Nation
Ninth Circuit Argument in Big Horn County Electric v. Big Man
Here:
Briefs are here.
One of my favorite people, Melody McCoy, a Cherokee citizen and Michigan alum, argued for the respondents. Izhaadaa giizhigowande!
Continue readingMontana Federal Court Allows Blackfeet Farmers to Sue US for Race Discrimination
Here are the materials in Wellman v. Orcutt (D. Mont.):
Montana Federal Court Denies Nonmember Holdover Tenant’s Effort to Avoid Tribal Court
Here are the materials so far in Eagle Bear Inc. v. Blackfeet Indian Nation (D. Mont.):
1-3 Blackfeet Tribal Court Complaint
5 Motion for Preliminary Injunction
Ninth Circuit Briefs in Big Horn County Electric Cooperative v. Big Man
Here:
Lower court materials here.
Federal Court Dismisses Fort Peck Tribe from Suit over Wildfire at Turtle Mound Buffalo Ranch
Here are the materials in Treasure v. Bureau of Indian Affairs (D. Mont.):
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