Maybe this is nothing, but this is a little bit WEIRD . . . in that the Ninth Circuit’s opinions webpage links to an order granting rehearing (here) but there was no response brief docketed AND there is nothing on the court’s docket sheet indicating the petition was granted.
Here is the petition BTW:
Knighton Petition for Rehearing
Panel materials here.
Here are the materials in Employers Mutual Casualty Company v. Branch (D. Ariz.):
Here are the materials in Pacheco v. Geisen (D.N.M.):
Here are the materials in Morris v. Giant Four Corners Inc. (D.N.M.):
38 Giant Motion to Dismiss or Stay Pending Exhaustion
79 DCT Order on Negligent Entrustment
90 Giant Motion for Judgment on Pleadings
Here is the opinion in Knighton v. Cedarville Rancheria of Northern Paiute Indians.
Briefs here.
Here:
Questions presented:
1. Does an Indian Tribe have authority under the second exception of Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 544 (1981), to forfeit automobiles owned by non Native Americans for violation of tribal drug laws while on tribal land?
2. If so, does the Tribe have authority to seize a motor vehicle off reservation if it has probable cause to believe that the automobile previously contained illegal drugs while on tribal lands?
Lower court materials here.
Briefs here.
Here are the materials in World Fuel Services Inc. v. Nambe Pueblo Development Corporation (D. N.M.):
Here are the materials in BP America v. Yerington Paiute Tribe (D. Nev.):
42 Tribal Judge Response to 38
59 Plaintiffs Consolidated Response
63 Tribal Court Reply in Support of 53
64 Tribe Reply in Support of 51
80 Plaintiff Motion to Amend Judgment
82 Tribal Judge Response to 80
Prior post here.
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