Federal Court Dismisses Miccosukee Tribe’s RICO Suit against Billy Cypress, Former Leaders & Former Lawyers

Here are the updated materials:

140 Lewis Tein Reply

143 Lehtinen Reply

144 Hernandez Reply

145 Cypress Motion to Strike

146 Cypress Reply

155 Miccosuke Response to Motion to Strike

281 DCT Order Granting Motion to Strike

282 DCT Order Dismissing Complaint

An excerpt:

“No one fights dirtier or more brutally than blood; only family knows its own weaknesses, the exact placement of the heart.” Whitney Otto, How to Make an American Quilt (1991). Whitney Otto’s quote seems a particularly apt description of the emotionally and politically charged litigation, occurring in multiple judicial venues, between the named parties, whom include the following.

Motions to dismiss were here.

Miccosukee’s responses were here.

Second amended complaint here.