Lummi Tribe Sues Telephone Company over Destruction of Ancestral Burial Plots

Here are the materials so far in Lummi Tribe v. Whidbey Telephone Co. (W.D. Wash.):

From the tribe:

The Lummi Nation filed a federal lawsuit against Whidbey Telecom, Whatcom County, and the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Commerce alleging a multi-year pattern of federally funded broadband construction that repeatedly trenched through known ancestral burial grounds at Point Roberts, disturbing and destroying human remains while flouting mandatory tribal consultation and stop-work obligations under federal law. Ten days later, the Nation filed an emergency motion for a preliminary injunction supported by sworn declarations revealing that defendants assessed less than one percent of the construction area, that hundreds of ancestors’ remains may have been harmed by heavy equipment, and that the county admitted in writing to improperly issuing permits — seeking a court order to halt construction and compel full site access for recovery and reburial.

Washington Federal Court Declines to Intervene in State Court Dispute Involving Frank’s Landing

Here are the materials in Frank’s Landing Indian Community v. Enlow (W.D. Wash.):

Ninth Circuit Rejects Stillaguamish Effort to Expand U&A Territory [U.S. v. Washington Subproceeding 17-03]

Here is the unpublished opinion in Stillaguamish Indian Tribe v. Upper Skagit Indian Tribe.

Briefs here.

Briefs in Opposition to Maverick Gaming Cert Petition

Here:

Federal BIO

State of Washington BIO

Tribal BIO

Cert petition here.

Ninth Circuit Materials in Stillaguamish v. Upper Skagit [U.S. v. Washington Subproceeding 17-03]

Here are the briefs:

Stillaguamish Opening Brief

Sauk-Suiattle Amicus Brief

Skallam Tribes Answer Brief

Swinomish Answer Brief

Tulalip Answer Brief

Upper Skagit Answer Brief

Upper Skagit Response to Sauk-Suiattle

Stillaguamish Reply

Lower court materials here.

Washington Federal Court Declines to Dismiss Enviro Challenge to Jamestown S’Klallam Oyster Farm

Here are the materials in Protect the Peninsula’s Future v. Haaland (W.D. Wash.):

22 Amended Complaint

44 Motion to Dismiss

56 Federal Response

57 Plaintiffs Response

60 Reply

65 DCT Order

Maverick Gaming LLP v. United States Cert Petition

Here:

Questions presented:

Whether Rule 19 requires dismissal of APA suits challenging federal agency action whenever a nonparty who benefited from that action asserts sovereign immunity.

Lower court materials here.

Washington Federal Court Remands Tribal Climate Change Claims to State Court

Here are the materials in the consolidated cases, Makah Indian Tribe v. Exxon Mobile Corp. (W.D. Wash.) and Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe v. Exxon Mobile Corp. (W.D. Wash.):

Lexington Insurance Co. v. Suquamish Tribe Cert Petition

Here:

Lower court materials here. En banc materials here. District court materials here.

Washington Federal Court Dismisses Sauk-Suiattle U&A Request for Determination

Here are the materials in United States v. Washington, subproceeding 24-01 (W.D. Wash.):