Prisoner Case against Riverton Chief of Police Dismissed (Wind River Jurisdiction Issue)

Here are the materials in Dewey v. Riverton Chief of Police (D. Wyo.):

DCT Order Dismissing Dewey Complaint

Wyo. Motion to Dismiss

 

 

Federal Court Finds Encana Failed to Exhaust Tribal Court Remedies, and Dismisses Challenge to Wind River Tribal Court Jurisdiction

Here are the materials in Encana Oil & Gas v. St. Clair (D. Wyo.):

70 Order Denying PI

71 Order Granting Motions to Dismiss

The briefs and other materials are posted here.

Federal Court Rejects Removal of Tribal Court Case; Remands to Tribal Court

Here are the materials in Northern Arapaho Tribe v. Star Trucking (D. Wyo.):

Star Trucking Notice of Removal (includes tribal court complaint)

NAT Motion to Remand

DCT Order Granting Remand

Materials in Encana Oil & Gas v. St. Clair (Wind River Tribal Court Jurisdiction Case) — UPDATED

This appears to be an effort to avoid a tribal court trial in the wrongful death action brought by an oil worker at the Wind River Reservation (news coverage here).

Update: Last week’s hearing transcript here: encana-v-st-clair-transcript-of-march-2-pi-hearing REV (H/T)

Encana Complaint

Exhibit A – Tribal Court Orders

Exhibit B — Tribal Appellate Court Order

Exhibit C — tribal court complaint

Exhibit E — Encana Jurisdictional Submissions

Exhibit F — DHS Jurisdictional Submissions

Exhibit K — Wind River TERO

Exhibit M — Northern Arapaho Motion to Intervene

Exhibit N — Eastern Shoshone Motion to Intervene

Exhibit P — Order Allowing Intervention

Exhibit Q1 — Compilation of Tribal Court Pleadings

Exhibit Q2

Exhibit Q3

Exhibit Q4

Exhibit Q5

Exhibit Q6

DCT Order Granting Estate Motion to Intervene

Encana Motion for PI

Defendant Opposition to Motion for PI

Encana Reply in Support of PI Motion

Defendant Motion to Dismiss

Encana Opposition to Def Motion to Dismiss

Tenth Circuit Affirms Wyoming Indian Country Voting Rights Victory

Here are the materials in Large v. Fremont County (opinion here):

Fremont County Opening Brief

Large Brief

Fremont County Reply Brief

Here are the lower court materials.

US Attorney’s Office Job Posting (D. Wyo.)

Here:

AUSACriminalLander2012

Large v. Fremont County — Big Voting Rights Act Win

Here are the materials (from the ACLU website).

And news coverage here.

Wind River Indian Country Suit Dismissed

Here are the materials in Northern Arapaho Tribe v. Harnsburger:

Northern Arapaho Tribe DCT Order

Eastern Shoshone Motion to Dismiss

USA Motion to Dismiss

Northern Arapaho Opposition to USA Motion

Here’s the news article from Indianz:

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Yellowbear Redux — Federal Court Finds Wind River Reservation Diminishment

Here is the District of Wyoming’s 40-page decision in Yellowbear v. Wyoming Attorney General — Yellowbear DCT Order

The Wyoming Supreme Court’s opinion to which the federal court gives deference is here.

The briefs:

Yellowbear Motion for Summary Judgment

Wyoming Attorney General Motion for Summary Judgment