Area Man Appointed Assistant Secretary

Traverse City Record-Eagle: “Bay Mills man tapped for Department of Interior post”

Radio News Network: “Upper Peninsula Man Sworn In As Assistant U.S. Interior Secretary”

Eighth Circuit Decides Chase v. Andeavor Logistics L.P.

Here is the opinion.

Briefs:

opening brief.pdfDownload

answer brief.pdfDownload

reply.pdfDownload

Lower court materials here. We’ll update those later.

Federal Court Dismisses Minnesota DNR’s Collateral Attack on Manoomin Suit Filed in Tribal Court

Here are the materials in Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources v. White Earth Band of Ojibwe (D. Minn.):‘

1 complaint.pdfDownload

1-2 tribal court order.pdfDownload

6 motion for preliminary injunction.pdfDownload

14 response.pdfDownload

16-1 modified tribal court order.pdfDownload

20 dct order.pdfDownload

Prior post here.

Michigan SCT Holds KBIC Workers Did Not Violate State Tobacco Law When Transporting Unstamped Smokes

Here is the opinion and the materials in People v. Magnant:

Mich SCT Opinion

Davis Brief

Magnant Brief

State Brief

Magnant Reply

Davis Reply

Prior post here.

Second Circuit Holds IGRA Preempts N.Y. Village Bingo Ban

Here is the opinion in Cayuga Nation v. Tanner:

20-1310_opn

Briefs here.

First Circuit Briefs in Challenge to Tribal Immunity under Bankruptcy Act

Here are the briefs in In re Coughlin:

Opening Brief

Joint Response Brief

NAFOA Amicus Brief

2021-07-22 Amici Professors of Federal Indian Law Brief – 1st Cir Docket No 21-1153

Lower court materials here.

North Carolina COA Affirms Denial of Unemployment Benefits Based on Removal of Eastern Band Cherokee Board for Cause

Here is the unpublished opinion in Bird v. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Alcoholic Beverage Control (N.C. Ct. App.):

20-612-1

Oklahoma Sues Interior over Mining Regulatory Jurisdiction on the Creek Reservation

Here is the complaint in State of Oklahoma v. Dept. of the Interior (W.D. Okla.):

1 complaint.pdfDownload

Denezpi v. United States — Cert Petition re: CFR Courts as Federal Courts

Here is the petition and appendix:

Cert Petition

Appendix

Lower court materials here.

Question presented:

Is the Court of Indian Offenses of Ute Mountain Ute Agency a federal agency such that Merle Denezpi’s conviction in that court barred his subsequent prosecution in a United States District Court for a crime arising out of the same incident?

Update:

Federal Opposition Brief

Oklahoma Criminal Appellate Court to Hear Osage Reservation Boundaries Case

Here are materials so far in Young v. State of Oklahoma:

DCT Stay Order

Osage Nation Amicus Brief

State Brief

Young Brief

Update — the appellate court concluded McGirt did not apply and confirmed that the Osage reservation had been disestablished:

OCCA Decision