Federal Court Assumes Federal Jurisdiction over Effort by Nonmember to Claim Easement on Trust Land

Here are the materials so far in Carney v. State of Washington (W.D. Wash.):

1 Notice of Removal

1-2 Amended Complaint

10 Swinomish Motion to Dismiss

16 State Response to 10

21 Motion to Remand

23 Carney Response to 10

28 Swinomish Reply in Support of 10

32 State Response to 21

33 Swinomish Response to 21

34 Carney Reply in Support of 21

36 DCT Order Denying Motion to Remand

Second Circuit Holds IGRA Preempts N.Y. Village Bingo Ban

Here is the opinion in Cayuga Nation v. Tanner:

20-1310_opn

Briefs here.

First Circuit Briefs in Challenge to Tribal Immunity under Bankruptcy Act

Here are the briefs in In re Coughlin:

Opening Brief

Joint Response Brief

NAFOA Amicus Brief

2021-07-22 Amici Professors of Federal Indian Law Brief – 1st Cir Docket No 21-1153

Lower court materials here.

Federal Court Certifies Class in Williams v. Big Picture Loans

Here are the materials in Williams v. Big Picture Loans LLC (E.D. Va.) (this case is on remand from the Fourth Circuit):

960 DCT Order re Motion for Protective Order

968 Motion to Certify Class

1007 Opposition to 968

1055 Reply in Support of 968

1090 DCT Order Denying Motion for Stay Pending Appeal

1106 DCT on Motion to Certify Class

1110 Memorandum Opinion

Prior post here.

Federal Court Rejects Immunity Defense in Tribal Payday Lending Matter

Here are the relevant materials in Brice v. Stinson (N.D. Cal.):

182 Motion for Summary Judgment

197 Opposition

216 Reply

236 DCT Order

An excerpt:

Plaintiffs seek summary judgment on defendants’ third affirmative defense; that some defendants are protected by or some claims extinguished by tribal immunity. In their opposition, defendants admit they personally “are not entitled to assert or invoke sovereign immunity as a defense to these claims” but nonetheless argue plaintiffs’ litigation “of these claims against shareholders of entities providing contractual services to those lenders is a significant infringement on the sovereignty of the tribes. . . . .” Dkt. No. 197 at 22. Defendants miss the point. The claims here hinge on the personal conduct of the defendants. While that conduct is based in significant part on the services defendants personally engaged in or approved to be provided to the Tribes, the claims do not impede on the sovereignty of the Tribes where the Tribes are not defendants in this case and no Tribal Entities remain. Absent apposite caselaw or facts showing how this action “interferes with the purpose or operation of a federal policy regarding tribal interests,” tribal immunity is irrelevant to this action.

Federal Court Holds S. Cal. Indian Health Consortium Immune from Suit

Here are the materials in Manzano v. Southern Indian Health Council Inc. (S.D. Cal.):

1 Complaint

5-1 Motion to Dismiss

7 Opposition

10 Reply

16 DCT Order

Irrigation Districts Counterclaims against US & Ak-Chin Community Dismissed in Water Rights Suit

Here are the updated materials in Ak-Chin Indian Community v. Maricopa-Stanfield Irrigation & Drainage District (D. Ariz.):

56 US Motion to Dismiss Counterclaims

60 Second Amended Complaint

65 Irrigation Districts Response to 56

69 US Reply in Support of 56

73-1 Ak-Chin Motion to Dismiss Counterclaims

81 Irrigation Districts Response to 73

86 Ak-Chin Reply in Support of 73

112 DCT Order

Prior post here.

Federal Court Dismisses Wrongful Termination Action against Leech Lake Ojibwe

Here are the materials in Butler v. Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (D. Minn.):

1 Complaint

13 Motion to Dismiss

19 DCT Order

 

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Two Indian Law Cases

Here is today’s order list.

Here are the cert petitions in the two denied cases, Phillips v. Oneida Indian Nation and Pierson v. Hudson Insurance Company (Pierson Cert Petition).

Ninth Circuit Decides Deschutes River Alliance v. Portland General Electric Company in Favor of Tribal Immunity

Here:

CA9 Opinion 

Briefs here.