Eighth Circuit Remands Major Crimes Act Case for Determination on Whether Red Lake Reservation Diminished

Here are the materials in United States v. Jackson:

CA8 Opinion

Jackson Brief

USA Brief

USA Addendum

Tenth Circuit Finds Osage Nation Reservation Diminished in Tax Case

Opinion here: Osage Nation v. Kemp, 09-5050 (March 5, 2010)

Briefs here.

Appellate Briefs in Osage Nation v. Kemp Tax/Reservation Disestablishment Case

Here:

Osage Nation Opening Brief

OTC Appellee Brief

Osage Nation Reply Brief

Lower court materials are here.

CA7 Decides Wisconsin v. Stockbridge-Munsee Case

Here is the opinion — ca7-opinion

And here are the materials, including briefs and the lower court opinion.

Case to Watch — Stockbridge Munsee Reservation Diminishment Case

Years ago, Wisconsin sued the Stockbridge-Munsee Community over the site of its Class III gaming operation, alleging that the land upon which the casino was located was outside the reservation boundaries, or that the reservation had been disestablished. The case is in the Seventh Circuit now and briefing is underway:

1999-dct-opinion-wisconsin-v-stockbridge-munsee

2004-dct-opinion-wisconsin-v-stockbridge-munsee

stockbridge-munsee-appellant-brief

wisconsin-appellee-brief

stockbridge-munsee-reply-brief

What Remains of the Yankton Sioux Reservation?

After a decade of litigation, a federal court (D. S.D.) held a trial and reached a decision as to “what remains of the Yankton Sioux Reservation following the Supreme Court’s decision in South Dakota v. Yankton Sioux Tribe, 522 U.S. 329, 358 (1998).” Slip op. at 2.

Here are the materials:

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