Federal Court Certifies Tribal Lending Case for Interlocutory Appeal

Here are materials in Hengle v. Asner (E.D. Va.):

Native Wholesale Supply v. California ex rel. Becerra Cert Petition

Here:

Native Wholesale Petition

Appendix

Questions presented:

1. Whether a contract for the purchase of goods entered into, and fully performed by, an Indian Tribe outside the exterior boundaries of the state in which the Tribe’s reservation is located can constitutionally subject the out of state vendor to the specific personal jurisdiction of the buyer’s state, under state laws purporting to regulate the sale of those goods in the buyer’s state.
2. Whether a state has specific personal jurisdiction to regulate a purchase of goods contract between an Indian on an Indian reservation outside the state and an Indian Tribe located within the state’s boundaries when the contract is performed on the
out of state Indian reservation.
3. Whether there is a constitutional or statutory right afforded to an Indian of one tribe to conduct business free from state regulation with an Indian of a different tribe, both of which are located in Indian country, under the Indian Commerce Clause.
4. Whether a tribally chartered corporation wholly owned by a member of a federally recognized Indian Tribe is an Indian for purposes of the protections afforded to Indians under federal law.

Lower court materials here.

Update:

Brief in Opposition

Reply

Plaintiff’s Counsel in Frivolous False Claims Act Suit Brought by Former Sauk-Siuattle Employee Sanctioned for More than $10K

Here are the new materials in Dahlstrom v. United States (W.D. Wash.):

118 Motion to Amend

119 DCT Order

Prior posts here.

Pinoleville Pomo Nation v. JW Gaming Development LLC Cert Petition

Here:

petition-for-a-writ-of-certiorari.pdf

appendix.pdf

Question presented:

Whether an Indian tribe’s governing body can be stripped of its sovereign immunity from suit for actions taken by its members in their official capacities, as long as a plaintiff merely names the members individually and those officials will be bound by any judgment entered.

Lower court materials here.

D.C. Circuit Oral Argument in Fired Law Firm’s Effort to Access Yankton Sioux Settlement Funds as Attorney Fees

Here.

Briefs here.

Federal Court Dismisses Pro se Title VII Complaint against Seminole Tribe

Here are the materials in Janiver v. Seminole Hard Rock Hotel Casino (S.D. Fla.):

1 Notice of Removal

1-3 State Court Complaint

4 Motion to Dismiss

10 DCT Order

13 DCT Order Denying Motion to Reopen

Federal Court Dismisses Discrimination Complaint against Forest County Potawatomi

Here are the materials in Thurmond v. Potawatomi Hotel and Casino (E.D. Wis.):

1 Pro Se Complaint + EEOC Letter

26 Motion to Dismiss

33 DCT Order

California COA Briefs in Employment Suit against Umatilla

Here are the briefs in Lopez v. Quaempts:

Opening Brief

Response Brief

Reply

Federal Court Dismisses Tribal Member’s Property Claims against Fond du Lac Ojibwe

Here are the materials in Begay Dobbs v. Fond Du Lac Reservation Business Committee (D. Minn.):

19 Amended Complaint + Exhibits

23 Motion to Dismiss

32 Opposition

35 Reply

39 Magistrate Report

43 Objections

44 DCT Order

Federal Court Allows Class Action against Tribal Sovereign Lending of Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake to Proceed

Here are the materials so far in Hengle v. Asner (E.D. Va.):

54 Amended Complaint

58 Asner Motion to Compel

60 Asner Motion to Dismiss

63 Tribal Officials Motion to Compel

65 Tribal Officials Motion to Dismiss

76 Tribe Amicus Brief

95 Response to 76

96 Response to 63

97 Response to 58

98 Response to 65

99 Response to 60

102 Amicus Brief of Tribal Amici Curiae

103 Reply in Support of 58

104 Reply in Support of 60

105 Reply in Support of 63

106 Reply in Support of 65

107 Response to 102

109 DCT Order