Here is the opinion in Ransom v. GreatPlains Finance LLC.
Briefs:
Lower court materials here.
Third Circuit
Tribal Amicus Brief in Third Circuit Appeal re: Company Using Event Contracts (Derivatives) to Engage in Sports Gambling
Here is the brief in Kalshiex LLC v. Flaherty:
Lower court opinion:
Harvard Law Review Casenote on Williams v. Medley Opportunity Fund II [tribal payday lending]
We posted the materials on this case here.
Third Circuit Rejects Tribal Sovereign Lending Arbitration Demand
Here are the materials in Williams v. Medley Opportunity Fund II:
american-assn-of-justice-amicus-brief.pdf
Cert Petition by Convicted RICO Defendant in Payday Lending Scheme Invoking Tribal Immunity
Here is the petition in Neff v. United States:
Questions presented:
1. Does a misrepresentation about the true identity of the owner of a business during settlement negotiations to resolve a civil lawsuit constitute a scheme to defraud the litigant of money or property in violation of the mail and wire fraud statutes?
2. Is the doctrine of tribal sovereign immunity wholly inapplicable in a circumstance where payday loans are made by a Native American tribe in affiliation with an entity acting as an “arm of the tribe” where such loans are made at interest rates in excess of state regulations, thus rendering the loans ipso facto unlawful debts in violation of the RICO statute?
3. Does the government have to prove willfulness to establish a RICO conspiracy to collect an unlawful debt?Lower court materials here.
Canadian First Nation’s Payday Lending Partners’ Convictions for RICO Violations in US Affirmed by Third Circuit
Here is the unpublished opinion in United States v. Neff:
Briefs:
Third Circuit Briefs in United States v. Neff [third-party use of tribal immunity defense; “rent-a-tribe”]
Here are the materials in United States v. Neff:
Third Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Suit by Borrower’s Suit against Assignee of Tribal Sovereign Lender
Here are the materials in Goldenstein v. Repossessors Inc.:
Lower court materials here.
Denial of En Banc Petition in Thorpe v. Borough of Thorpe
Debate on JURIST re: NAGPRA and the Jim Thorpe Case
Here is Walter Olson’s post “NAGPRA, Indian Burials, and the Unquiet Grave.”
Here is Elizabeth C. Varner, Diane Penneys Edelman and Leila Amineddoleh’s “NAGPRA and Congress’s Foresight.”
H/T Pechanga.
The Third Circuit materials are here (en banc petition pending).
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