Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians

Briefs in Short Term Loan/Sovereign Immunity Matter involving Lac Du Flambeau Ojibwe President

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials so far in Jones v. Wildcat (E.D. Pa.):

2019.06.07-docket-1-complaint-with-exhibits.pdf

2019.08.30-docket-9-wildcat-mtd.pdf

2019.09.23-22-jones-response-mtd.pdf

2019.09.23-22-1-jones-aff.pdf

Wisconsin Tribes Sue Wisconsin over Taxation of Indian Lands

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Walker (W.D. Wis.):

2018.11.30 – Docket 01 – Complaint

2018.11.30 – Docket 1-1 – Civil Cover Sheet

2018.11.30 – Docket 1-2 – Exhibit Index

2018.11.30 – Docket 1-3 – Exhibit A – Treaty with Chippewa

2018.11.30 – Docket 1-4 – Exhibit B – Sample Red Cliff Patent

Termination of Parental Rights Decision out of Wisconsin

Kate Fort

Here

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals affirmed a termination of parental rights decision under ICWA and WICWA using Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl (finding abandonment/lack of continued custody by non-Indian father).

Federal Court Allows Tribal Night Deer Hunting in Wisconsin

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. State of Wisconsin (W.D. Wis.):

404 Tribal Brief

406 Opposition

409 Reply

410 DCT Order

This case is on remand from the CA7, materials here.

News coverage here.

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Wisconsin v. LCO Night Deer Hunting Case

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is today’s order list.

The petition is here.

Wisconsin Files Cert Petition in Night Deer Hunting Case

Matthew L.M. Fletcher2 Comments

Here is the petition in Wisconsin v. Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians:

Wisconsin Petition for Writ of Certiorari

Question presented:

A moving party under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(5) must show a significant change in factual  conditions or law that renders continued enforcement of a judgment detrimental to the public interest. The proceeding is not a relitigation of the underlying judgment. Here, the Seventh Circuit shifted the burden to the non-moving party (Wisconsin) to justify an underlying judgment that night hunting of deer was fundamentally unsafe. Does Rule 60(b)(5) permit shifting the burden to the non-moving party to justify the original judgment?

LCO Cert Opp

Seventh Circuit materials here.

1842 Ojibwe Treaty Meeting at Lac Vieux Desert

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Participants: Lac Vieux Desert, Lac du Flambeau, Mole Lake, St. Croix, Red Cliff, Fond du Lac, Keweenaw Bay, Bad River, Lac Courte Oreilles

Here:

1842 Ojibwe Treaty Meeting 2 1842 Ojibwe Treaty Meeting 3 1842 Ojibwe Treaty Meeting 4 1842 Ojibwe Treaty Meeting 5 1842 Ojibwe Treaty Meeting

Seventh Circuit Reverses and Remands Night Deer Hunting Case

Matthew L.M. Fletcher3 Comments

Here is the opinion in Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. State of Wisconsin:

LCO Opinion

Briefs here.

Lower court materials here.

Oral Argument Audio and News Coverage of Seventh Circuit Night Deer Hunting Appeal

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

http://www.haywardwi.com/news/regional/article_d2a05afa-3f71-11e4-a0cd-9b4c7db942c1.html

http://wxpr.org/post/tribes-wait-decision-night-hunting-appeal

Here’s the oral argument – http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/gw.14-1051.14-1051_09_16_2014.mp3

Briefs are here.

Seventh Circuit Briefs in Lac Courte Oreilles Band v. Wisconsin — Night Deer Hunting Appeal

Matthew L.M. Fletcher2 Comments

Here:

Tribal Opening Brief

Wisconsin Brief

Tribal Reply Brief

Lower court materials here.