Here are the new materials in Caddo Nation of Oklahoma v. Court of Indian Offenses for the Anadarko Agency (W.D. Okla.):
10 Plaintiff Supplemental Brief
Earlier materials are here.
Here is the complaint in Decker v. RS Financial Services LLC (W.D. Okla.):
An excerpt:
1. This is a lawsuit to recover damages arising from the Defendants’ unconscionable loan/pawn finance charges, which are far in excess of any state’s usury limits.
2. Upon information and belief, RS Financial Services, LLC (“RS Financial”) and Sovereign Lending Solutions, LLC (“Sovereign”) are related entities owned and controlled by Defendant William McKibbin (“McKibbin”), and are in the business of making loans at usurious interest rates.3. Sovereign claims to be an arm of and affiliated with Defendant Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (“Lac Vieux Tribe”), and to be afforded governmental sovereign immunity.
4. Upon information and belief, the Lac Vieux Tribe receives a fee for allowing Sovereign to claim this affiliation. However, even if the affiliation between Sovereign and the Lac Vieux Tribe was otherwise valid, the conduct alleged in this Complaint is not protected by governmental sovereign immunity.
Here are the materials in Caddo Nation of Oklahoma v. Court of Indian Offenses for the Anadarko Agency (W.D. Okla.):
Here are the materials in Binger Operations LLC v. Edwards (W.D. Okla.):
32 DCT Order Granting Motions to Dismiss
An excerpt:
Binger Operations, LLC (“Binger”) filed this interpleader action against Brenda Shemayme Edwards, Phillip M. Smith, and the Caddo Tribal Council, seeking a determination of the respective rights of the defendants in interpleader (“defendants”) to receive oil and gas severance taxes. Both Mr. Smith and Ms. Edwards claim to be the Chairman of the Caddo Nation, and both have purported to file documents on behalf of the Caddo Tribal Council.1 Mr. Smith and, according to his/its motion, the Caddo Tribal Council, have moved to dismiss pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) for lack of subjectmatter jurisdiction. Ms. Edwards and, according to her/its response, the Caddo Tribal Council, have responded in support of the motion to the extent that it challenges this court’s jurisdiction. Binger has responded, and the motions are at issue.
Order here.
Accordingly, treating the tribal court papers filed by Comanche Nation and the tribal court papers of the Comanche Nation partially adopted by the Federal Defendants, as motions for summary judgment under Rule 56, Fed. R. Civ. P. (doc. nos. 160 and 161), the motions are GRANTED. Treating the tribal court papers of CDST as a motion for summary judgment (doc. no. 159), the motion is DENIED. Judgment shall issue forthwith.
Briefs here:
CDST Gaming Tribal Court Materials
Comanche Tribal Court Materials
Judgement here.
Previous post here.
Here is the unpublished opinion in Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes v. First Bank & Trust.
Briefs and lower court are here.
Here are the materials in Cressman v. Thompson (W.D. Okla.):
98 Cressman Motion for Summary J
111 DCT Order Denying Motions for Summary J
This case is slated for trial (!).
Tenth Circuit materials here. Earlier district court materials here.
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