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Apache Stronghold v. United States Cert Petition

September 16, 2024Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Petition.pdf Download

Lower court materials here.

The Onion: “Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’”

July 1, 2024Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

SCOTUS Denies Cert in West Flagler v. Haaland

June 17, 2024Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is today’s order list. Justice Jackson is ethical and recused herself. Justice Kavanaugh would have granted the petition.

Cert petition and link to lower court materials here.

SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Tribes in Health Care Funding Case, 5-4

June 6, 2024June 6, 2024Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is opinion from the Chief Justice in Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe.

Briefs here.

Federal Brief in Opposition to Cert in West Flagler v. Haaland

May 15, 2024Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Cert Opp Brief.pdf Download

The petition is here.

North Dakota Flips Argument at Supreme Court in Seeking to Overturn Redistricting Win for MHA Nation

May 13, 2024May 13, 2024Matthew Campbell

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:

North Dakota changes course on tribal redistricting case, asks US Supreme Court to rule – InForum | Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo news, weather and sports

North Dakota’s 180-Degree Turn in Redistricting Case Sparks Outcry from MHA Nation | Currents (nativenewsonline.net)

More here.

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Challenge to Ione Band Casino Stuff

April 15, 2024Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is today’s order list.

Here is the No Casino in Plymouth v. NIGC cert petition.

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Challenge to Mashpee Wampanoag Trust Land Acquisition

April 1, 2024Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is today’s order list.

The cert petition is here.

*These guys shoulda been on the Supreme Court. . . .*

SCOTUS Cert Stage Materials in Turtle Mountain Ojibwe Efforts to Uncover Republican Legislators’ Racial Animus

March 13, 2024Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the cert stage materials in Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. North Dakota Legislative Assembly:

Cert Petition

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.