Here are the materials in Nguyen v. Cache Creek Resort Casino (E.D. Cal.):
tribal tort claims act
Federal Court Dismisses Miss. Choctaw from FTCA Claim, Claim against US Proceeds
Here are the materials in Chipmon v. United States (S.D. Miss.):
Prior post here.
SG Recommends GVR in Poarch Band v. Wilkes
Here is the brief:
An excerpt:
This brief is submitted in response to the Court’s order inviting the Solicitor General to express the views of the United States. After the petition for a writ of certiorari was filed, amendments to tribal law were proposed that could substantially affect the basis for the decision of the Supreme Court of Alabama in this case. In the view of the United States, if those changes are enacted, the petition should be granted, the judgment vacated, and the case remanded for further proceedings.
Cert stage materials are here.
UPDATE:
Casino Patron Brings Federal Suit over Interpretation of Tribal Tort Claims Act
Here is the complaint in Wilson v. Umpqua Indian Development Corporation (D. Or.):
Update:
California Court of Appeals Orders Depublication of Cosentino Opinion
Civil Rights Suit against Nisqually Jail Officials Dismissed for Failure to Exhaust Tribal Remedies
Here are the materials in Hardie v. Nisqually Corrections Superintendent (W.D. Wash.):
Another Update in Cosentino v. Fuller Depublication Request
Here:
Defendants’ Request for Depublication
Oppo to Viejas Band’s Depub Request
Opposition to Request of Defendants to Depublish
Opposition to Request of Group of 13
Prior depublication-related posts here and here.
Cal. COA opinion here.
Additional Request to Depublish Cosentino v. Fuller
Here (from the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians):
Request for Depublication 07 14 15
Prior request for depublication here.
California Tribes Seeking Depublication of Cosentino v. Fuller
Here is the request to the California Supreme Court for depublication of Cosentino v. Fuller (Cal. Ct. App.) submitted by thirteen California Indian tribes:
Cosentino Request for Depublication – File Endorsed
Here’s an excerpt:
Here, it is undisputed that Plaintiff’s suit rests entirely on the quintessentially sovereign action of the Pechanga Gaming Commission: revocation of Plaintiff’s gaming license. Opinion, pp. 6-7. That action cannot be effected by Gaming Commissioners in their personal capacity — only a properly constituted Gaming Commission can revoke a gaming license. Indeed, Congress has recognized that regulation of gaming on tribal lands is central to tribal self-governance. 25 U.S.C. § 2701.
Even though it was “the official action of the [Tribe], following [Defendants’] votes, that caused [Plaintiff]’s alleged injury” (Imperial Granite, 940 F.2d at 1271), the Opinion appears to condition an officer’s immunity on the additional showing that the sovereign’s action fell within its authority and was benignly motivated. Specifically, the Opinion evaluated whether the Tribe’s Commission acted with a retaliatory motive and whether it “revoked [Plaintiff’s] license on a ground identified in the IGRA, the Tribal-State Compact, or the Pechanga Ordinance.” Opinion, pp. 16-17. But where, as here, a plaintiff challenges official action of the tribe, the “tribe’s immunity is not defeated by an allegation that it acted beyond its powers.” Imperial Granite Co., 940 F.2d at 1271. The Opinion invites courts and litigants to disregard this firmly established protection of sovereign action under the guise of a “masked official capacity suit[].” Pistor, 2015 WL 3953448, at *5.
Here are previous TurtleTalk posts on this matter:
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