all - Opinion Summaries

Snoqualmie Indian Tribe v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Indian Law, Water Law
In an challenge to the relicensing to operate Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project for another forty years, petition for review of the licensing...

Thomas v. State of Rhode Island

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Indian Law, Tax Law
In a suit brought by members of an Indian tribe claiming that state officials violated their constitutional rights by arresting them without lawful...

In re Shane G.

Family Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Juvenile Law
Juvenile court judgment terminating parental rights to minor son is affirmed over claims of error that: 1) evidence was insufficient to support the...

Hukill v. Oklahoma Native Am. Domestic Violence Coalition

Civil Procedure, Indian Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a former employee terminated by defendants, denial of defendants' motion to set aside a default judgment in favor of plaintiff...

Oglala Sioux Tribe v. C & W Enters.

Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Indian Law, Judgement Enforcement
In a construction contract dispute involving a federally recognized Native American tribe, an order enjoining a South Dakota state court from...

Marceau v. Blackfeet Housing Auth.

Administrative Law, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Indian Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought by Indian tribe members against a tribal housing authority alleging statutory and contractual violations involving allegedly...

Justin L. v. Superior Ct. of Los Angeles County

Government Law, Indian Law, Juvenile Law
Petitions for extraordinary writ review are denied in all respects except that a preemptory writ of mandate is issued solely for the purpose of...

US v. Ramirez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Indian Law
In a prosecution for assault with intent to commit murder on an Indian reservation and assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm...

Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Cmty. v. State of California

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Gaming Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Indian Law
In an Indian tribe's action challenging the California Gambling Control Commission's interpretation of a gaming compact and the Commission's...

Vann v. Kempthorne

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Indian Law
In a suit by descendants of Cherokee-owned slaves alleging that the Secretary of the Interior violated numerous laws and constitutional provisions by...