Miccosukee Tribal Members Petition for Relief from IRS

Here are the various Tax Court petitions:

Billie Petition

Tigertail Petition

J. Cypress Petition

E. Cypress Petition

Eleventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Challenge to Polluted Water Transfer to Lake Okeechobee

Here is the opinion in Friends of the Everglades v. EPA.

 

 

Suit by Bingo Winners against Miccosukee for Back Taxes

Here, via Pechanga.

Attorneys Face Florida Bar Ethics Investigation in Representation of Miccosukee Tribe

From the Miami Herald here, via Pechanga. A clarification on the post from the Herald was posted 4/17 and is here.

The most recent post on this issue is here.

Miccosukee Tribe Files Malpractice Lawsuit Alleging Fraud

From the Miami Herald here.

Update: The complaint is here.

The story is related to two other posts here and here.

Attorneys for Miccosukee Tribe Seek to Disqualify Judge

If this story (from last week) didn’t present enough ethical issues, there are more discussed in the Miami Herald here.  The article begins:

A Miami lawyer accused of lying about whether the Miccosukee Tribe paid him millions in defense fees is trying to remove the judge on the case, saying a comment the jurist made about both sides passing “the peace pipe’’ shows he is biased.

UPDATE: The paper also published a transcript of the initial hearing (not the “peace pipe” hearing) here.

Unpaid Wrongful Death Judgment Involves Miccosukee Tribe, Tribal Members, and Tribal Attorneys

Article from the Miami Herald here.

Miccosukee Complaint re: EPA’s Water Transfer Exemption Rule

Here is the new complaint in Miccosukee Tribe v. EPA.

miccosukee-complaint