HRI v. EPA — Navajo Indian Country Case — Updated Materials

Here are the briefs (Indianz coverage here):

hri-opening-brief

state-of-new-mexico-amicus-brief

epa-brief

navajo-nation-brief

hri-reply-brief

state-of-new-mexico-amicus-reply-brief-unfiled

HRI v. EPA — Navajo Uranium Case

Here are the briefs (Indianz coverage here):

hri-opening-brief

[EPA Brief]

[Navajo Brief]

hri-reply-brief

PACER is down right now. We’ll add the rest if we can….

US v. Friday — Constitutional Challenge to National Eagle Repository Rejected

Here is the Tenth Circuit’s decision in United States v. Friday — us-v-friday-ca10 (thanks to Sarah Krakoff for the heads-up).

Judge McConnell wrote the decision. Here is our previous commentary on the case (here). Guess no circuit split….

Gordon v. House Materials

Coverage from Indianz on this case (here).

Here are the materials:

house-opening-brief

new-mexico-answering-brief

house-reply-brief

ca10-opinion-gordon-v-house

Native American Distributing v. Seneca-Cayuga Tobacco — Briefs in Tenth Circuit

This is a case involving the sovereign immunity defense of a tribal corporation before the Tenth Circuit. Oral argument was in March before Judges Briscoe, Gorsuch and Parker. Here are the materials (updated Nov. 18, 2008):

DCT Opinion

Appellant Brief

Appellee Brief

Appellant Reply Brief

Kansas v. Kempthorne & Wyandotte Nation — Revised CA10 Opinion

The Tenth Circuit granted the government’s motion for rehearing and issued a revised opinion.

CA10 Panel Decision (pre-rehearing)

Kempthorne Petition for Rehearing

State and Tribal Response to Petition

Cert Opposition in MacArthur v. San Juan County

The cert opp in MacArthur v. San Juan County is here — San Juan County Cert Opp

Our previous post with the cert petition is here.

Kiowa Cockfighter Appeal Rejected in CA10

The Tenth Circuit recently rejected a jurisdictional challenge to a cockfighter’s conviction for illegal gambling in federal court for cockfighting.  Here are the materials for United States v. Gachot:

Appellant Brief

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Osage Nation v. Oklahoma – CA10

The Osage Nation sued the State of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Tax Commission officials seeking an injunction against the collection of state income taxes against Osage members in Osage Indian Country. The district court denied the state’s Eleventh Amendment motion to dismiss. The CA10 reversed as to the State, but very grudgingly affirmed as to the officials, relying on Ex parte Young.

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Eagle Repository Case: United States v. Friday (CA10) — Update!

Oral argument in this very interesting case is set for December 17, 2007 in Denver. The panel consists of Ebel, Kelly, and McConnell.

Our previous post with initial briefs and the lower court opinion is here. Friday retained counsel and that attorney was given leave by the Court to file a supplemental brief (see below the fold).

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