New Mexico Federal Court Orders Rule 19 Dismissal of Suit + Exhaustion of Tribal Remedies in Child Custody Dispute

Here are the materials in Mundo v. Vandever (D.N.M.):

North Dakota Federal Court Holds ERISA Abrogates Tribal Immunity re: Non-Governmental Plans, Preempts Tribal Jurisdiction, but Holds Former Tribal Employee Consented to Tribal Court Jurisdiction for Common Law Claims

Here are the materials in Meilstrup v. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (D. N.D.):

Kekek Stark on Tribal Court Exhaustion

Kekek Jason Stark has published “Tribal Court Jurisdiction and the Exhausting Nature of Federal Court Interference” in the University of Cincinnati Law Review. PDF

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Andrea Carlson

Montana Federal Court Orders Stay in Blackfeet Trespass Case, Orders Eagle Bear to Put Up $1M Bond

Here are the new materials in Eagle Bear Inc. v. Blackfeet Indian Nation (D. Mont.):

Prior post here.

Montana Federal Court Confirms Cancellation of Eagle Bear Lease

Here are the materials in Eagle Bear Inc. v. Blackfeet Indian Nation (D. Mont.)

Prior post here.

Materials on Eagle Bear’s bankruptcy proceedings are here.

Early Materials in Law Firm Dispute with Skull Valley Goshute

Here are the materials so far in Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP v. Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah (S.D. N.Y.):

Idaho Federal Court Remands Contract Action to Tribal Court

Here is the order in Shoshone-Bannock Tribes v. Vanir Construction Management Inc. (D. Idaho):

Briefs here.

Updated Materials in Eagle Bear v. Blackfeet Cancelled Lease Dispute [now in bankruptcy]

Here are the materials in Eagle Bear Inc. v. Blackfeet Indian Nation (D. Mont.) (No. 22-93):

4 Second Amended Complaint

23 Eagle Bear MSJ

25 BIA MSJ

28 Blackfeet MSJ

44 Independence Bank MSJ

48 Eagle Bear Response to BIA Motion

50 Eagle Bear Response to Blackfeet

52 Blackfeet Response to BIA

54 Blackfeet Response to Eagle Bear

56 Independence Bank Response to Blackfeet

59 Blackfeet Motion to Dismiss Count 2 of Bank Complaint

62 Blackfeet Response to Independence Bank

65 Blackfeet MSJ re Bank Count 1

68 Eagle Bear Reply in support of 23

69 BIA Reply in support of 25

70 Independence Bank Response to 59

71 Independence Bank Reply in support of 44

74 Independence Bank Response to 65

79 Blackfeet Reply in support of 65

82 BIA Motion to Dismiss Bank Complaint

84 Independence Bank Response to 82

86 BIA Reply in support of 82

93 Eagle Bear Motion to Conduct Further Discovery

97 Blackfeet Response to 93

98 DCT Order Granting Motion for Discovery

100 Eagle Bear Motion for Additional Discovery Time

101 Blackfeet Response to 100

102 Eagle Reply in support of 100

104 DCT Order Granting More Discovery Time

Prior post here.

Montana Federal Court Dismisses Wrongful Death Action, Ordering Exhaustion in Fort Belknap Tribal Court

Here are the materials in Grant v. Norton (D. Mont.):

Montana Federal Court Will Decide Whether Nonmember Lease at Blackfeet Was Cancelled, Rejecting Nonmember Ploy to Declare Bankruptcy to Avoid a Judgment

Here are the materials in Eagle Bear Inc. v. Blackfeet Indian Nation (D. Mont.):

51 Eagle Bear 2d Motion for Injunction

54 Blackfeet Opposition

57 Eagle Bear Motion to Vacate

59 Blackfeet Opposition to Motion to Vacate

65 Blackfeet Brief on Automatic Stay Issue

66 Eagle Bear Brief on Automatic Stay Issue

85 Blackfeet Notice re BIA Filing

85-3 US Motion to Dismiss

87 DCT Order

CA9 Order Granting Bankruptcy Stay

Prior post here.

Ninth Circuit briefs here.