tribal sovereign lending

Alabama Federal Court Dismisses Some Claims Against Fort Belknap Tribal Finance Company

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Weidley v. Aaniiih Nakoda Finance LLC (N.D. Ala.):

83 Amended Complaint.pdfDownload
102 Stiffarm Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
103 Aaniiih Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
104 Borroworks Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
121 Response to 103.pdfDownload
122 Response to 104.pdfDownload
123 Response to 107.pdfDownload
124 Response to 102.pdfDownload
125 Reply ISO 104.pdfDownload
127-1 Reply ISO 102.pdfDownload
129 Reply ISO 103.pdfDownload
130 Reply ISO 107.pdfDownload
149 DCt Order.pdfDownload

Eleventh Circuit Reverses Anti-Tribal Lending Decision

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Dunn v. Global Trust Management LLC:

CA11 Opinion.pdfDownload
Appellant Brief.pdfDownload
Tunica-Biloxi Amicus Brief.pdfDownload
Tribal Amicus Brief.pdfDownload
Appellees’ Brief.pdfDownload
NOT Tribal Amicus Brief.pdfDownload
Reply.pdfDownload

Lower court materials here.

Wonder what Uncle Brownie thinks. . . .

Virginia Federal Court Holds LdF Council Members and Employees Can Be Individually Liable for RICO Damages Arising from Sovereign Lending

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Fitzgerald v. Wildcat (W.D. Va.):

145 Skytrail Motion to Compel Arbitration

147 Skytrail Motion to Dismiss

149 Wildcat Motion to Compel

151 Wildcat Motion to Dismiss

152 Response to 145

153 Response to 147

154 Response to 149

155 Response to 151

163 Reply ISO 147

164 Reply ISO 145

165 Reply ISO 149

166 Reply ISO 151

170 DCT Order

California Federal Court Orders Arbitration in Dispute in Tribal Sovereign Lending Case

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Huntley v. Rosebud Economic Development Corp. (S.D. Cal.):

1 Complaint

8-1 Motion to Compel Arbitration

9-1 Motion to Dismiss

13 Response to Motion to Compel

14 Response to Motion to Dismiss

17 Reply ISO Motion to Compel

18 Reply ISO Motion to Dismiss

22-1 Second Motion to Compel

28 Response

33 Reply ISO Motion to Compel

35 DCT Order

Illinois Federal Court Holds Flandreau Lending Company’s Mandatory Arbitration Provision is Unconscionable

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Harris v. First Management Services LLC (N.D. Ill.):

DCT Order.pdfDownload

Briefs when PACER stops being a punk:

19 Motion to Dismiss-Compel Arbitration

53 Opposition

60 Reply

Proposed Settlement Agreement in Class Action Suit against Tribal Lending Businesses Formed by Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake,

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the motion to approve the settlement in Hengle v. Asner (E.D. Va.):

Hengle- Motion for Preliminary Approval[8].pdfDownload

Massachusetts Federal Court Declines to Dismiss Suit against Tribal Lending Business Partner

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Duggan v. Martorello (D. Mass.):

118 Second Amended Complaint.pdfDownload
125 Martorello Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
136 Duggan Opposition to Martorello Motion.pdfDownload
143 Reply in Support of Martorello Motion.pdfDownload
168 Duggan Surreply re Martorello Motion.pdfDownload
196 Martorello Supplemental Brief re 124.pdfDownload
197 Duggan Response to 196.pdfDownload
200 Rule 19 Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
204 Duggan Response to Rule 19 Motion.pdfDownload
218 Martorello Reply re Rule 19 Motion.pdfDownload
219 Duggan Surreply re Rule 19 Motion.pdfDownload
226 MJ Order on Judicial Estoppel Motion.pdfDownload
232 MJ Order Denying Rule 19 Motion.pdfDownload
233 MJ Order Denying Martorello Motion.pdfDownload

Cert Petitions Filed on Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake Internet Lending

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the petition in Treppa v. Hengle:

treppa-petitionDownload

Appendix

Treppa Application for Stay

Hengle Opposition

Reply

Questions presented:

  1. Whether a court can invalidate an agreement to have an arbitrator resolve questions of arbitrability (a “delegation clause”) based on the court’s interpretation of a separate choice-of-law provision.
  2. Whether sovereign immunity bars private plaintiffs from suing tribal government officials, in their official
    capacities, for alleged violations of state law

Lower court materials here.

In the tule swamp–upper lake Pomo [LOC]

Here is the petition in a related case, Asner v. Hengle:

asner-petition-and-appendixDownload

Question presented:

Can a federal court refuse to enforce the delegation clause of an arbitration agreement on the ground that a choice-of-law provision applicable to the arbitration agreement as a whole prospectively waives federal rights?

Fourth Circuit Affirms Hengle v. Treppa

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Briefs here.

The Intercept News Profile on Tribal Sovereign Lending

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.