| 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… |