Tenth Circuit

Tenth Circuit Briefs in Comanche Nation v. Zinke [Chickasaw Trust Land Acquisition]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Comanche Opening Brief

Federal Answer Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.

Royal v. Murphy Brief in Opposition

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Murphy BIO FINAL

Cert petition is here.

Tenth Circuit Decides Donelson v. United States [Osage Mineral Estate]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the unpublished opinion.

Brief: appellant brief

energy companies opening brief

federal answer brief

reply

Tenth Circuit Denies San Juan County Stay Request in Navajo Voting Rights Matter

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order in Navajo Nation v. San Juan County:

Order

Prior posts here.

Eastern Shoshone Tribe v. Wyoming Cert Petition

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Cert Petition

Question presented:

Whether Congress clearly intended in 1905 to di- minish the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, home to the Eastern Shoshone Tribe.

Lower court materials here.

UPDATE:

indian law profs amicus

Tenth Circuit Affirms Conviction (again) for Mail Fraud against Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the unpublished opinion in United States v. Zander.

Prior post here.

Royal v. Murphy Cert Petition (Death Penalty & Muscogee Reservation Boundaries)

Matthew L.M. Fletcher2 Comments

Here:

Cert Petition

Question presented:

Whether the 1866 territorial boundaries of the Creek Nation within the former Indian Territory of eastern Oklahoma constitute an “Indian reservation” today under 18 U.S.C. § 1151(a).

Lower court materials here.

UPDATE:

Environmental Federation Of Oklahoma Inc Amicus Brief

OIPA Amicus Brief

US Amicus Brief Royal v. Murphy

Murphy BIO FINAL

No. 17-1107 Murphy Reply — Final

Tenth Circuit Vacates Arbitration Award Favoring Citizen Potawatomi in Liquor Sales Dispute with Oklahoma

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Citizen Potawatomi Nation v. State of Oklahoma.

Briefs:

Appellant brief

Citizen Potawatomi brief

Reply

Tenth Circuit Dismisses Caddo Sacred Sites Dispute with Wichita for Mootness

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Caddo Nation of Oklahoma v. Wichita and Affiliated Tribes.

Materials here.

Tenth Circuit Briefs in Cherokee Nation v. Zinke (UKB Trust Acquisition)

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here they are (so far);

Federal Brief

Lower court materials in Cherokee Nation v. Jewell here.