First Circuit Decides Second Aquinnah Tribe Gaming Appeal

Here are the opinion and briefs in Aquinnah/Gay Head Community Association Inc. v. Wamapnoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah):

Opinion

Tribe Opening Brief

NCAI Amicus Brief

Town of Aquinnah Principal Brief

Martha’s Vineyard Amicus Brief

Tribe Reply

Tribe Response to MVC Amicus Brief

Town of Aquinnah Reply

Prior post here.

First Circuit materials in earlier appeal.

Interior Withdraws Solicitor’s Opinion on Trust Land Acquisition for Alaska Tribes

Here:

Interior Withdrawal of M-37043

Interior Takes National Bison Range Into Trust for CSKT

Here:

DOI Bison Range Letter

Federal Court Declines to Enjoin Interior Trust Acquisition of Land for Wyandotte Nation in Kansas

Here are the materials in State of Kansas v. Bernhardt (D. Kan.):

1 Complaint

14 Motion for Preliminary Injunction

19 Response

21 Reply

22 DCT Order

Federal Court Dismisses Navajo Suit against Interior over Easement on Hopi Trust Land

Here are the materials in Navajo Nation v. Dept. of the Interior (D. Ariz.):

1 Complaint

17 Motion to Dismiss

21 Response

22 Reply

23 DCT Order

Federal Court Holds Buena Vista Rancheria is Beneficiary of Mandatory Trust Acquisition Provision of Hardwick Settlement

Here are the materials in Hardwick v. United States (N.D. Cal.):

364 Motion to Enforce Judgment

381 US Opposition

385 Reply

391 DCT Order

Update (1/27/21):

392 DCT Order Denying Sanctions

Update in Cherokee Nations’ Challenge to Catawba Trust Land Acquisition

Here are updated materials in Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians v. Dept. of the Interior (D.D.C.):

41 EBCA Amended Complaint

42 CNO Amended Complaint in Intervention

52 ECBI-CNO Consolidated Motion for Summary Judgment

53 US Motion for Summary Judgment

55 Catawba Motion for Summary Judgment

58 Joint Cherokee Response

62 Federal Reply

63 Catawba Reply

Prior post here.

D.C. Circuit Briefs in Sault Tribe Mandatory Trust Land Acquisition Dispute

Here are the briefs (so far) in Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Bernhardt:

US Opening Brief

Nottawaseppi Huron Band Potawatomi + Saginaw Chippewa Brief

Detroit Casinos Brief

Sault Tribe Brief

Law Prof Amicus Brief

Detroit Casinos Reply

Joint Tribal Reply

US Reply

Lower court materials here.

Little River Band of Ottawa Indians’ Muskegon Co. Casino Project EIS Available

Here.

Mashpee Wampanoag Prevails in Stopping Interior from Taking Its Land Out of Trust

Here are the orders in Mashpee Wampoag Tribe v. Bernhardt (D.D.C.):

75 DCT Order

77 DCT Order

Briefs here.