Ninth Circuit Panel Affirms City of Seattle’s Removal of Sauk-Suiattle Dam Suit to Federal Court, Asks for En Banc Review of Circuit Precedent on Removal . . . Good for procedure nerds, I’m sure.

Here is the opinion in Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe v. City of Seattle.

Briefs here.

Impressionist painting of the removal of a state court complaint to federal court — DALL-E

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Tule Lake Committee v. FAA

Here:

Lower court materials here.

Merits Stage Briefs in Arizona v. Navajo Nation/Dept. of the Interior v. Navajo Nation

Here:

All this water is Navajo.

Ninth Circuit Briefs in State of Alaska v. Federal Subsistence Board

Here:

Alaska Opening Brief

Federal Answer Brief

Kake Answer Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.

Split Ninth Circuit Reinstates Suit against School District that Banned Beaded Graduation Cap

Here is the opinion in Waln v. Dysart School District.

Briefs here and here.

More details at NARF.

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Tribal Jurisdiction Case

Here is today’s order list.

The denied petition is Big Horn County Electric Cooperative Inc. v. Big Man.

Big Horn v. Big Man. Winner? Big Man.

California Federal Court Dismisses Final Two Defendants in Acres Bonusing v. Ramsey (formerly Marston)

Here are the materials in Acres Bonusing Inc. v. Ramsey (N.D. Cal.):

90 First Amended Complaint

96 Motion to Dismiss

101 Opposition

102 Reply

105 DCT Order

Prior post here.

From DALL-E, an abstract painting of a judge slapping someone with a fish. Yeah, sure, it could be that.

Ninth Circuit Rejects Tribal Immunity under Bankruptcy Act

Here is the unpublished order in Numa Corp. v. Diven, formerly Cedarville Rancheria v. Diven.

Briefs here.

Another weird one from DALL-E: A showdown between Indians and lawyers before the Supreme Court.

Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of San Carlos Apache Health Care Contract Support Costs Suit

Here is the opinion in San Carlos Apache Tribe v. Beccera.

An excerpt:

A simplified example clarifies this scheme. Assume that a tribe administers a $3 million healthcare program for its members. It costs the tribe $500,000 in administrative costs to do so. IHS therefore will pay the tribe $3.5 million. Additionally, the tribe recovers $1 million for those procedures from outside insurers. It is statutorily required to spend that $1 million on health care as well.
But there is a hole in this statutory scheme. Who pays the CSC for that additional $1 million in health care that the tribe must provide with its third-party revenue? At the heart of this lawsuit is Plaintiff-Appellant San Carlos Apache Tribe’s (“the Tribe”) contention that IHS must cover those additional CSC.

Briefs here.

This guy’s not Apache but he’s happy for them.

Ninth Circuit Oral Argument in Swinomish v. Lummi [U.S. v. Washington subproceeding 19-01]

Here:

Briefs here.