Eighth Circuit Largely Vacates Injunction in Winnebago Tax Fight with Nebraska

Here is the opinion in HCI Distribution Inc. v. Peterson.

Briefs here.

Eighth Circuit Decides Bibeau v. Commissioner

Here.

Briefs here.

Eighth Circuit Oral Argument Audio in Bibeau v. Commissioner

Here. Worth a listen.

Briefs and other materials here.

SCOTUS Cert Stage Materials in Turtle Mountain Ojibwe Efforts to Uncover Republican Legislators’ Racial Animus

Here are the cert stage materials in Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. North Dakota Legislative Assembly:

Cert Petition

Republican Governors Amicus Brief in Opposition

Questions presented:

1. Should this Court vacate the Eighth Circuit’s decision under United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36 (1950)? 2. Are state legislators absolutely immune from civil discovery, including from producing documents and communications that involved or were shared with third parties, or is the state legislative privilege a qualified one, based on principles of comity, that yields where important federal interests are at stake?

Lower court materials here.

Eighth Circuit Rejects Challenge to BLM Approval of Mining on Shores of Lake Sakakawea

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Here is the opinion in Mandan Hidatsa & Arikara Nation v. Dept. of the Interior.

Briefs here.

Pretty sure this guy would be pissed.

Eighth Circuit Materials in Bibeau v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Here:

Additional briefs TK.

Agency decision here:

Give ‘em hell, Frank

Eighth Circuit Affirms Upward Departure from Sentencing Guidelines in Indian Country DV Case Based on 27 Prior Tribal Court Convictions

Here are the materials in United States v. Good Left:

Unpublished Opinion:

Eighth Circuit Briefs in HCI Distributing v. Hilgers [Challenge to Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement]

Here:

Lower court materials here and here.

Eighth Circuit Rejects Claims of Standing Rock Protesters Injured by the Police

Here is the opinion in Dundon v. Kirchmeier.

Briefs:

North Dakota Federal Dismisses Federal Common Law Trespass Claims of Indian Allottees against Pipeline Company

Here are the materials in Chase v. Andeavor Logistics PC (D.N.D.):