Here are the materials in Hanson v. Parisien (D.N.D.):
District of North Dakota
Briefs in Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation v. Dept. of Interior [federal approval of drilling at Fort Berthold]
Here are the updated briefs in Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation v. Dept. of Interior (D.N.D.):
Prior post here.
MHA Allottee Trespass Action Dismissed
MHA Nation Allottees Motion to Certify Class in Trespass Action against Pipeline
Here is the motion in Hall v. Tesoro High Plains Gas Co. LLC (D.N.D.):
Prior post here.
Eighth Circuit Decides Enerplus Resources (USA) Corporation v. Wilkinson II
Eighth Circuit Decides Kodiak Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. v. Burr]
Here.
Excerpt:
A dispute over the practice of flaring natural gas from oil wells fuels the legal controversy in this case: the scope of Native American tribal court authority over nonmembers. Several members of the MHA Nation sued numerous non-tribal oil and gas companies in MHA tribal court. Those companies operate oil wells on lands within the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation that have been allotted to individual tribe members but are held in trust by the federal government. The tribe members alleged the companies owed royalties from wastefully-flared gas. Some of these companies unsuccessfully contested the tribal court’s jurisdiction over them in tribal court. Then they initiated this action in federal court to enjoin the tribal court plaintiffs and tribal court judicial officials. The district court issued a preliminary injunction, and the tribal court plaintiffs and officials separately appealed. We affirm the injunction because we conclude suits over oil and gas leases on allotted trust lands are governed by federal law, not tribal law, and the tribal court lacks jurisdiction over the nonmember oil and gas companies.
Briefs here.
Federal Court Materials in MHA Nation Allottees Trespass Suit against Oil and Gas Companies
Here are the materials so far in Hall v. Tesoro High Plains Gas Co. LLC (D.N.D.):
Here are materials in a related case, Chase v. Andeavor Logistics LP (W.D. Tex.):
Federal Court Dismisses Dakota Access Pipeline-Related RICO Suit Brought by Pipeline Co. against Greenpeace and Individual Indians
Here are the materials in Energy Transfer Equity LP v. Greenpeace International (D.N.D.):
D.C. District Court Transfers MHA Nation Suit against BLM Drilling Permit Approvals to North Dakota
Here are the materials in Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation v. Dept. of Interior (D.D.C.):
10 Slawson Motion to Intervene
18 Slawson Motion to Transfer Case to DND
