Indian Country labor relations

Casino Pauma v. NLRB Cert Petition

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Cert Petition

Questions presented:

1. Should this Court reconsider Chevron?

2. Does the National Labor Relations Act apply to Indian tribes? 

3. Does the employee-to-employee solicitation rule in Republic Aviation empower employees to solicit customers in business “guest areas” like restrooms and restaurants?

Lower court materials here.

Ninth Circuit Rejects Casino Pauma Effort to Avoid NLRB Jurisdiction

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Casino Pauma v. NLRB. From the court’s syllabus:

The panel granted the National Labor Relations Board’s petition for enforcement of its order; denied Casino Pauma’s petition for review; and upheld the Board’s conclusions that it may apply the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) to the relationship between employees working in commercial gaming establishments on tribal lands and the tribal governments that own and manage the establishments, and that Casino Pauma committed unfair labor practices in violation of the NLRA by trying to stop union literature distribution.

Briefs here.

Cert Stage Briefs Complete in LRB & Soaring Eagle v. NLRB Petitions

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here they are for the LRB v. NLRB petition:

Little River Petition and Appendix COMBINED

US Cert Opposition

Little River Reply

Here they are for Soaring Eagle v. NLRB:

Saginaw Cert Petition and Appendix- Filed

US Cert Opposition

Saginaw Cert Reply FINAL

All the briefs are available here at the background materials page for these two cases.

These materials have been submitted for the June 23 Conference at the Supreme Court (docket page here and here).

Tribal NLRB Background Materials

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here are the materials relevant to Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Tribal Government v. NLRB.

Supreme Court cert stage briefs

Little River Petition and Appendix COMBINED

USET Amicus Brief

Final CO-UMUT Amicus Cert Petition – Saginaw Chippewa and LRB

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation

CNIGA Amicus

NCAI Amicus

Michigan Amicus Brief

US Cert Opposition

Little River Reply

Sixth Circuit En Banc Stage Continue reading →

United South and Eastern Tribes Amicus Brief in Support of the Tribal Petitioners against NLRB

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the USET brief in Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe v. NLRB:

USET Amicus in Support of Tribal Petitions

This one is substantially the same as USET’s brief in the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Tribal Government v. NLRB case.