District of Wyoming – Turtle Talk

Oil and Gas Company Sues BLM over Wind River Lease

December 10, 2024Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Pioneer Oil and Gas v. Haaland (D. Wyo.):

1 Complaint.pdf Download

Tribal Citizen Cop Fired from City Police Sues for Race Discrimination

April 25, 2024Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Whiteplume v. Riverton Police Dept. (D. Wyo.):

1 Complaint.pdf Download

Wyoming Federal Court Vacates Repsis Decision

April 5, 2024Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order in Crow Tribe of Indians v. Repsis (D. Wyo.):

107 DCT Order.pdf Download

Tenth Circuit order here.

Lower court materials here.

Wyoming Federal Court Confirms Energy Company’s Arbitration Award against Wind River Tribes

November 2, 2023Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Merit Energy Operations I LLC v. Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes (D. Wyo.):

1 Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award

Wyoming SCT Issues Mixed Opinion in Northern Arapaho Tribe v. Baldwin, Crocker, and Rudd

October 24, 2023Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

An excerpt:

BCR did not comply with the procedural requirements of Rule 11, and the district court erred when it imposed Rule 11 sanctions on the Tribe. The district court’s order imposing Rule 11 sanctions is reversed, and this matter is remanded to the district court with direction that the order imposing sanctions be vacated. We affirm the district court’s order granting summary judgment on the accounting claim because the Tribe could not bring a cause of action for an accounting under W.R.P.C. 1.15(e), and the Tribe failed to show its conversion and civil theft claim was not an adequate remedy at law. We affirm the jury’s verdict after finding the Tribe failed to show the verdict would have been more favorable to the Tribe if the racially charged evidence and argument had not been admitted.