Tribally Controlled Schools Act

South Dakota Federal Court Rules for Feds in Tribal School Overspending Case

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Lower Brule Sioux Tribe v. Haaland (now Burgum) (D.S.D.):

32 Amended Complaint

63 Federal Motion for Summary J

76 Response

77 Reply

85 DCT Order

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South Dakota Federal Court Dismisses Lower Brule Tribal School Overspending Case

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Lower Brule Sioux Tribe v. Haaland (D.S.D.):

1 Complaint

10 Motion to Dismiss

17 Opposition

23 Reply

27 DCT Order

Federal Court Declines to Dismiss Navajo’s Shiprock Schools’ Tribally Controlled Schools Act Suit

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Shiprock Associated Schools Inc. v. United States (D. N.M.):

DCT Order Denying Federal Motion to Dismiss

Federal Motion to Dismiss

Shiprock Opposition

Federal Reply

An excerpt:

Defendants’ disallowance of the School’s administrative cost expenditures was based on an unreasonable and improper interpretation of the TCSA. Count I of the Complaint, which seeks relief from Defendants’ disallowance determination on the basis that it reflects an invalid interpretation of the TCSA, thus states a claim upon which relief can be granted. The remaining Counts of the Complaint, all of which are alleged in the alternative and necessarily depend upon a determination that Defendants’ interpretation of the TCSA was valid, are rendered moot by this Court’s decision.