Here is today’s order list.
Cert petition here.
tribal sovereign immunity
Ninth Circuit Materials in Lyon v. Gila River Indian Community
Here:
Oral argument video here.
Prior CA9 opinion materials here.
Here are the issues in the case, according to the tribe: Continue reading
Ninth Circuit Materials in False Claims Act Appeal against Salish Kootenai College
Here are the briefs in Cain v. Salish Kootenai College:
Oral argument video here.
Lower court materials in Cain v. Salish Kootenai College (D. Mont.):
Ninth Circuit Materials in Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Laguna Construction Co.
Skokomish Suit against Suquamish Council Members Dismissed in Federal Court
Here are the materials in Skokomish Indian Tribe v. Forsman (W.D. Wash.):
Former Tribal Employee’s False Claims Act Suit to Proceed against Individuals, Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Dismissed
Here are the materials in Dahlstrom v. Sauk-Suiattle Tribe (W.D. Wash.):
Calif. COA Decides Scope of Tribal Immunity Waiver Matter
Here is the unpublished opinion in Federal Indians of Graton Rancheria v. Kenwood Investments (Cal. Ct. App. — First Dist.):
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria v. Kenwood Investments
An excerpt:
The trial court’s ruling that the Tribe waived sovereign immunity with respect to Amendment No. 2 is affirmed. We reverse the award of attorney fees. All other aspects of the judgment remain undisturbed.
Federal Court Dismisses Railroad Expansion Project Suit under Rule 19 for Failure to Join Indispensable Tribes
Here are the materials in Union Pacific Railroad v. Runyon (D. Or.):
Tenth Circuit Materials in Finn v. Great Plains Lending LLC
Federal Bankruptcy Court Holds Bankruptcy Act Doesn’t Abrogate Tribal Immunity, Tribal Corporations Immune
Here are the materials in In re Money Centers of America (D. Del. Bkrcy.):
An excerpt:
As set forth above, the Court finds that: (i) this is a facial attack on the Court’s subject matter jurisdiction allowing the Court to review various documents attached to the pleadings; (ii) both QCA and Thunderbird are sufficiently related to their respective Indian tribes to enjoy the tribes’ sovereign immunity; and (iii) neither Section 106(a) nor Section 101(27) abrogates QCA’s and Thunderbird’s sovereign immunity. Thus, Thunderbird’s motion to dismiss will be granted.
Furthermore, as to QCA only, the Court finds that it does not have sufficient information to determine whether there was a limited waiver of QCA’s sovereign immunity, to the extent of recoupment only, as to QCA’s claims. Although, at most recoupment would be limited to the amount of QCA’s claims against the Money Center’s estate
Quapaw Casino proceeding:
Thunderbird (Absentee Shawnee) proceeding:
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