Here are the materials in Western Refining Southwest Inc. v. Dept. of the Interior (D.N.M.):
16 Intervenors Rule 19 Motion to Dismiss
Rule 19
Cert Petition in Diné Citizens against Ruining Our Environment v. Navajo Transitional Energy Co. LLC
Here:
Question presented:
Whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19 requires dismissal of an Administrative Procedure Act action challenging a federal agency’s compliance with statutory requirements governing federal agency decisions, for failure to join a non-federal entity that would benefit from the challenged agency action and cannot be joined without consent.
Lower court materials here.
Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Yurok Fishing Dispute with Resighini Rancheria Member
Here is the unpublished opinion in Yurok Tribe v. Resighini Rancheria.
Briefs here.
Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Challenge to Jamul Casino
Here is the unpublished opinion in Rosales v. Dutschke.
Briefs here.
Ninth Circuit Affirms Rule 19 Dismissal of Environmental Challenge to Four Corners Power Plant
Federal Court Rejects Rule 19 Motion by Guidiville Rancheria
Here are the materials in Sprawldef v. City of Richmond (N.D. Cal.):
Wilson v. Horton’s Towing Cert Petition [Montana; Exhaustion; Civil Forfeiture]
Here:
Questions presented:
1. Does an Indian Tribe have authority under the second exception of Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 544 (1981), to forfeit automobiles owned by non Native Americans for violation of tribal drug laws while on tribal land?
2. If so, does the Tribe have authority to seize a motor vehicle off reservation if it has probable cause to believe that the automobile previously contained illegal drugs while on tribal lands?
Lower court materials here.
Ninth Circuit Affirms Order Requiring Exhaustion over Tribal Seizure of Truck
Federal Court Rejects Individual Indian’s Effort to Block Pipeline
Here are the materials in Northern Natural Gas Company v. 80 Acres of Land in Thurston County, Neb. (D. Neb.):
Prior post here.
