Eighth Circuit Briefs in Kodiak Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. v. Seaworth [formerly Burr]

Here:

MHA Nation Judicial Officers Brief

HRC Brief

Lower court materials here.

Federal Court Allows Civil RICO Suit to Proceed against Crow Nation-Owned Health Facility

Here are the materials in Wilhite v. Awe Kualawaache Care Center (D. Mont.):

13 Motion to Dismiss

15 Response

17 Reply

18 DCT Order

Updates in Free v. Dellinger

On July 25, 2018, the Northern District of Oklahoma granted motions to dismiss Free v. Dellinger, a dispute about gaming activities on land the Muscogee (Creek) Nation owns, for failure to exhaust tribal remedies. Please see below:

32 Opinion and Order

Please see additional case pleadings here.

Federal Court Rejects Tribal Jurisdiction, Orders Arbitration, in Oilfield Equipment Contract Dispute

Here are the materials in Halcon Operating Co. Inc. v. Rez Rock N Water LLC (D.N.D.):

5 Motion for PI

19 Motion to Dismiss

22 Response to 19

23 Reply in Support of 19

29 DCT Order

Federal Court Dismisses Gaming Developer’s State Law Claims against Apache Tribe, Orders Tribal Court Exhaustion in Others

Here are the materials in FSS Development Company LLC v. Apache Tribe of Oklahoma (W.D. Okla.):

21 motion to stay

22 motion to dismiss

25 response

26 reply

31 dct order

Federal Court Excuses Additional Tribal Court Exhaustion in Oil/Gas Flaring Dispute at Fort Berthold

Here are the materials in Kodiak Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. v. Burr (D.N.D.):

29-2 mha trial court opinion

29-9 mha nation supreme court opinion

30 kodiak motion for pi

45 tribal judge motion to dismiss

46 burr response to motion for pi

48 tribal judge response to motion for pi

54 kodiak reply in support of motion for pi

59 hrc motion for pi

62 tribal judge reply in support of mtd

64 hrc response to mtd

66 tribal judge response to hrc motion

68 dct order

Federal Court Rejects Effort to Appeal Shakopee Tribal Court Marriage Dissolution/Child Custody Order

Here are the materials in Nguyen v. Gustafson (D. Minn.):

6 Motion for PI

25 Response

28 Reply

29 DCT Order

The plaintiff in this case is also the plaintiff in Americans for Tribal Court Equality v. Piper.

Harvey v. Ute Indian Tribe Cert Petition

Here:

Harvey v. Ute et al. Petition

Questions presented:

1.Whether the tribal remedies exhaustion doctrine, which requires federal courts to stay cases challenging tribal jurisdiction until the parties have exhausted parallel tribal court proceedings, applies to state courts as well.

2.Whether the tribal remedies exhaustion doctrine requires that nontribal courts yield to tribal courts when the parties have not invoked the tribal court‘s jurisdiction.

Lower court materials here.

UPDATES:

cert opp brief

Reply

SG Brief [Ute]

Petitioners Supplemental Brief

SCOTUS Denies Cert in ICWA and Tribal Jurisdiction Matters

Here is today’s order list. The Court denied cert in Renteria v. Superior Court & Norton v. Ute Indian Tribe.

Federal Court Stays Becker v. Ute to Await Tribal Court Rulings

Here are the materials in Becker v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation (D. Utah):

70 Becker Motion for PI

73 Ute Motion for Summary Judgment [preemption]

74 Ute Motion for Summary Judgment [illegality]

75 Ute Emergency Motion for TRO

84 Becker Opposition

86 Ute Opposition

88 Reply in Support of 75

91 Becker Reply

93 Ute Surreply

101 Ute Motion to Reassign Case

102 DCt Chief Judge Order re 101

103:

Discussion and argument heard on the motions. After taking a recess, and for the reasons stated on the record, the court made the following rulings on the record: 
The court DENIES 70 Mr. Becker’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction; 
DENIES 71 Motion for Leave to File Sealed Document; 
DENIES 75 The Tribe’s Motion for TRO, Motion for Preliminary Injunction, and Motion for Permanent Injunction; and 
GRANTS 93 Tribe’s Motion for Leave to File Sur-Reply. 

The court also stays the case and all remaining pending motions (Dkt. Nos. 72, 73 and 74). Should the tribal court decline jurisdiction, the court will then address the remaining motions. The parties are granted leave to file a motion to lift the stay if circumstances should change before resolution of both the tribal court and state court actions. 

Prior posts here.