tribal-law

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-19 Bird Industries, Inc., et al. v. The Tribal Business Council of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation Eighth Circuit 2023-07-06 Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-clause civil-procedure contract contract-interpretation federal-jurisdiction indian-law indian-tribe jurisdictional-waiver sovereign-immunity tribal-law Does inclusion of a mandatory arbitration clause in an Agreement with an Indian Tribe waive the Tribe's sovereign immunity?
21-1214 Oklahoma v. Emmitt G. Sam Oklahoma 2022-03-07 Denied Relisted (6) 18-usc-1153 criminal-defendant federal-jurisdiction indian indian-status major-crimes-act statutory-interpretation tribal-law What requirements must a criminal defendant satisfy to qualify as an 'Indian' under the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1153?
21-1127 Samish Indian Nation v. Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-02-15 Denied Response Waived dismissal-grounds federal-jurisdiction issue-preclusion ruhrgas-ag-v-marathon sinochem-int-l-co-v-malaysia sovereign-immunity steel-co-v-citizens subject-matter-jurisdiction tribal-immunity tribal-law Whether Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity and tribal sovereign immunity deprived the lower courts of subject-matter jurisdiction
21-6766 Alan Eugene DeAtley v. Colorado Colorado 2022-01-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-process due-process enrollment federal-law jurisdiction state-law tribal-businesses tribal-court-jurisdiction tribal-land tribal-law tribal-matters tribal-membership Whether the tribal court has jurisdiction over all tribal land, tribal businesses, and all tribal matters without question
21-6740 Teddy Chiquito v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-12-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process equal-protection indian-civil-rights-act restitution-damages self-defense tribal-bill-of-rights tribal-law Whether the Government and a Tribal Law Enforcement Employer can arbitrarily convict a Tribal Police Officer
21-5075 Elizabeth Shaw v. Derek Shaw Michigan 2021-07-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-custody due-process equal-protection federal-statute icwa jurisdiction-challenge mifpa tribal-law Whether the Supreme Court will order the immediate return of the children to their mother, Elizabeth Shaw, in violation of court orders, ICWA, MIFPA, …
20-7721 Shannon Demond Dotson v. Tunica-Biloxi Gaming Commission, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-04-12 Denied IFP civil-procedure consent-extension-of-time due-process evidence federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction legal-standing service-of-process standing subject-matter-jurisdiction tribal-law Why the courts never acknowledged that the plaintiff never consented to the Defendant request for Extension of Time?
18-1461 Dawn Marie Delebreau v. Cristina Danforth, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 bivens civil-rights constitutional-equality domestic-dependent-nations due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction native-american-rights section-1983 sovereign-immunity territorial-jurisdiction tribal-law tribal-sovereignty Are tribal laws considered territorial laws under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 such that Native Americans must also have an equal § 1983 remedy when Indians are c…
18-1218 Buchwald Capital Advisors LLC, Litigation Trustee to the Greektown Litigation Trust v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-03-20 Dismissed bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-jurisdiction circuit-split civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-law indian-tribes sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation tribal-law Whether the Bankruptcy Code abrogates the sovereign immunity of Indian tribes
18-1081 Curtiss Wilson v. Horton's Towing, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights drug-law-enforcement drug-laws due-process forfeiture indian-law indian-tribe-authority montana-exception montana-v-united-states non-native-americans non-native-seizure tribal-jurisdiction tribal-law tribal-sovereignty vehicle-forfeiture Whether an Indian tribe has authority under the Montana exception to forfeit automobiles owned by non-Native Americans for violation of tribal drug la…