Here:
The petition is here.
Supreme Court
North Dakota Flips Argument at Supreme Court in Seeking to Overturn Redistricting Win for MHA Nation
To defend a challenge to a North Dakota State House subdistrict that the North Dakota Legislature approved in 2021, the the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara (“MHA”) Nation intervened as a defendant to support North Dakota. After MHA Nation and the state successfully won summary judgment in the district court, North Dakota is now asking the Supreme Court to vacate the state’s (and the MHA Nation’s) win in the lower court.
Here is the jurisdictional statement from the Plaintiffs.
Here is MHA Nation’s Motion to Dismiss or Affirm.
And here is North Dakota’s Response.
Media coverage:
More here.
SCOTUS Denies Cert in Challenge to Ione Band Casino Stuff
SCOTUS Denies Cert in Challenge to Mashpee Wampanoag Trust Land Acquisition
Here is today’s order list.
The cert petition is here.
SCOTUS Cert Stage Materials in Turtle Mountain Ojibwe Efforts to Uncover Republican Legislators’ Racial Animus
Here are the cert stage materials in Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. North Dakota Legislative Assembly:
Republican Governors Amicus Brief in Opposition
Questions presented:
1. Should this Court vacate the Eighth Circuit’s decision under United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36 (1950)? 2. Are state legislators absolutely immune from civil discovery, including from producing documents and communications that involved or were shared with third parties, or is the state legislative privilege a qualified one, based on principles of comity, that yields where important federal interests are at stake?
Lower court materials here.
SCOTUS Briefs in Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe
No Casino in Plymouth v. NIGC Cert Petition
Here:
Questions presented:
- Did the Ninth Circuit err when it dismissed plaintiffs’ challenge to DOI’s approval of a trust transfer for the Ione Band which was not a recognized tribe in 1934 as required by the IRA?
- Did the Ninth Circuit err when it dismissed plaintiffs’ challenge to NIGC’s authority to approve a gaming ordinance for the Ione Band which has no Indian lands as defined by IGRA?
- Did the Ninth Circuit err when it dismissed plaintiffs’ claim that federal acknowledgement as a tribe under 25 CFR Part 83 is a prerequisite for the Ione Band to receive IRA and IGRA benefits?
Lower court materials here.
West Flagler v. Haaland Cert Petition
Here:
Questions presented:
1. Whether IGRA authorizes the approval of a compact that purports to allow for an online sports gambling monopoly throughout the state and off Indian lands.
2. Whether an IGRA compact violates the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act if it provides for internet sports betting that is unlawful where many of the bets are placed.
3. Whether the Secretary’s approval of a tribalstate compact violates equal protection principles where it provides a specific tribe with a monopoly on online sports gaming off tribal lands, while state law makes that conduct a felony for everyone else.
Lower court materials here.
Littlefield v. DOI Cert Petition
Here:
Questions presented:
Whether the decision of the court of appeals conflicts with Carcieri?
Lower court materials here.
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