To all members of the Ramah class: please read this notice carefully; it contains important information about a proposed final settlement agreement.
Summary Notice of Final Settlement in Ramah Navajo Chapter v. Jewell here.
Estimated Dollar Shares for Each Class Member here.
Link to many other documents including FAQ here.
Previous TurtleTalk coverage here.
Here are the materials in Diné Citizens against Ruining Our Environment v. Jewell (D. N.M.):
Here:
An excerpt:
The Pueblo and the State previously negotiated a Class III gaming compact that expired on June 30, 2015. The Pueblo formally requested that the State enter into a compact regarding the Pueblo’s Class III gaming activities on its Indian lands beyond the expiration of the current compact. More than 180 days have expired since the Pueblo made its initial request. Accordingly, the Pueblo now seeks a determination by this Court that the State has failed to conclude negotiations in good faith. With that determination, the Court has jurisdiction to invoke IGRA’s remedies that will result in a negotiated compact, or submission of last best offers to a mediator (“baseball arbitration”), and/or procedures promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior to govern the Pueblo’s Class III gaming activities.
Here are the materials in Navajo Health Foundation – Sage Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. Burwell (D. N.M.):
From the opinion:
Finally, the Court will grant the MSJ on two grounds. First, the Court will deem the Claim denied, because Dayish has not given Sage Hospital a “date certain” by which he will decide the Claim; rather, he conditioned his October 21, 2015, deadline upon Sage Hospital’s cooperation. Second, even if Dayish had given Sage Hospital a date certain by which he will decide the Claim, his proposed fourteen-month period for deciding the Claim is unreasonably long under the CDA. [4] Accordingly, even if the Court did not deem the Claim already denied, it would order Dayish to approve or deny the Claim by July 25, 2015.
Here are the briefs:
Lower court materials here.
Here are the materials so far in Atlantic Richfield Co. v. United States (D. N.M.):
Complaint is here.
Here are the materials in Amerind Risk Management Co. v. Blackfeet Housing (D. N.M.):
18 Blackfeet Motion to Dismiss
An excerpt:
THIS MATTER comes before the Court upon a Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim, filed on March 23, 2015 by Blackfeet Housing and Blackfeet Limited Partnerships (―Blackfeet Housing‖ or ―Defendants‖), #1-#4 (Doc. 17). Having reviewed the parties‘ briefs and applicable law, the Court finds that Defendants‘ motion is well-taken on the grounds that the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over this case, but denies the motion with regard to the other grounds for dismissal raised by Defendants
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