Seventh Circuit Briefs in Waukegan Potawatomi Casino LLC v. City of Waukegan

Here:

Lower court materials here.

Illinois Federal Court Holds Race-Based Discrimination against Tribal Businesses is Legal under Federal Law [yeah I’m being a little pissy about this]

Here are the materials in Waukegan Potawatomi Casino LLC v. City of Waukegan (N.D. Ill.):

Bojack Horseman

Illinois Federal Court Holds Flandreau Lending Company’s Mandatory Arbitration Provision is Unconscionable

Here is the opinion in Harris v. First Management Services LLC (N.D. Ill.):

Briefs when PACER stops being a punk:

19 Motion to Dismiss-Compel Arbitration

53 Opposition

60 Reply

Illinois Federal Court Orders Arbitration in Case about Monopolization of Card Shuffling Technology blah blah blah

Here are the materials in Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma v. Scientific Games Corporation (N.D. Ill.):

39 Second Amended Complaint

49 Motion to Compel Arbitration

54 Response

61 Reply

Federal Court Holds Tribal Employee Not Covered by Kickapoo Tribe’s Insurance Policy in Auto Accident

Here are the materials in Dinger v. Wishenko (N.D. Ill.):

1-1 Garnishment Petition

52 Amended Counterclaim

58 Insurance Co. Motion for Summary Judgment

70 Wishenko Response

70-2 Order re Partial Settlement of Claim

74 Wishenko Motion for Summary Judgment

88 Insurance Co. Response

91 Wishenko Reply in Support of 74

108 DCT Order

Materials in the related Federal Tort Claims Act case, Dinger v. United States (D. Kan.):

1 FTCA Claim [docket no. 70-1 in N.D. Ill. case]

9 US Motion to Dismiss

10 Opposition

14 Reply

16 DCT Order

CFPB Sues Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake Indian Tribe Business

Here is the complaint in Consumer Financial Protection Board v. Golden Valley Lending (N.D. Ill.):

1 Complaint

Federal Court Transfers CFPB Suit against Tribal Sovereign Lender to Kansas

Here are the materials in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Golden Valley Lending (N.D. Ill.):

1 Complaint

43 DCT Order

Federal Court Denies Rule 11 Sanctions Motion against Native American Arts by Party Whose Arguments Were Borderline Frivolous

Here are the materials in Native American Arts v. Peter Stone Co. (N.D. Ill.):

367-motion-for-sanctions

370-opposition

371-reply

373-dct-order

An excerpt:

In that briefing, the defendant’s primary position was that the plaintiff was collaterally estopped from establishing standing. Its secondary position was that plaintiff did not qualify as an Indian arts and crafts organization under the Indian Arts and Crafts Act (“IACA”), 25 U.S.C. § 305 IACA. Both arguments were rejected as non-starters. Native Am. Arts, Inc., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 74187, 2015 WL 3561439, at *5-7. An intemperate opponent might have called them frivolous, but the mere fact that a position is a loser does not make it frivolous.

Another:

As for this time, however, it’s worth noting that the defendant was unable to mount a challenge to plaintiff’s standing until six years into this litigation; that tends to further undermine defendant’s position that this was an obvious flaw in the plaintiff’s suit and one that plaintiff should have readily conceded and should have dropped its suit early on. Indeed, if it were such a frivolous suit it would seem that defendant could have put together a successful motion for summary judgment based on the standing issue some time ago, thereby avoiding many of the costs and expenses of which it now complains.

 

District Court Dismisses Casino Developer’s Complaint Against Dickinson Wright

Here are the materials and order in the matter of MCZ Development Corp. et. al. v. Dickinson Wright PLLC et. al.:

Doc. 37- Memorandum in Support of Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss
Doc. 38- Plaintiffs’ Response in Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss
Doc. 39- Reply in Further Support of Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss
Doc. 42- Memorandum Opinion and Order

Complaint and news coverage previously posted here.

Kialegee Casino Developers sued Dickinson Wright PLLC in Illinois District Court for malpractice in 2013.  In 2012, The Northern District of Oklahoma issued a preliminary injunction against Plaintiffs to stop a casino being placed 70 miles from the Tribe’s headquarters and the National Indian Gaming Commission issued a letter stating the Tribe didn’t have jurisdiction on the property.  The Plaintiffs alleged the law firm misrepresented potential opposition to their casino.

The Illinois court ruled the NIGC claim was premature since its letter didn’t represent a final agency decision and also dismissed the complaint with prejudice because Plaintiffs prevailed when the 10th Circuit reversed the injunction and ordered Oklahoma’s case dismissed.

Federal Court Denies Arbitration and Tribal Exhaustion Motions in Dispute Arising from Loan Initiated by Chippewa Cree

Here are the materials in Pearson v. United Debt Holdings (N.D. Ill.):

27 United Debt Motion to Compel Arbitration

27-1 Exhibit

34 Response

35 reply

37 DCT Order