The district court dismissed the appeal of the MOWA band’s denial of federal recognition because the six-year statute of limitations period had passed.
Southern District of Alabama
State of Alabama v. United States — Challenge to Class III Procedures
Following Texas’s successful challenge to the Class III procedures in the Fifth Circuit, Alabama is doing the same in the S.D. Ala. (part of the old 5th Circuit, now the 11th Circuit). This case involves the Poarch Band of Creek Indians.
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Freemanville Water System v. Poarch Band of Creek Indians (S.D. Ala.)
This is tribal sovereign immunity case. The district court granted the tribe’s motion to dismiss. Here are the materials: