Supreme Court Bulletin updates

United States v. Navajo Nation (breach of trust, minerals) was decided.

Petitions were denied in: Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana v. Meyer , and Associates (sovereign immunity) and Catskill Development v. Harrah's Operating Company (gaming).

View the Bulletin at http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2008-2009update.htm

Indian Law Bulletins updated at the end of January include:

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin -http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2008-2009update.htm . Petition for writ of certiorari was denied in Rodriguez-Martinez v. United States on 1/26/09 and filed in Cook v. Avi Casino Enterprises and California v. Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community on 1/22/09.

Federal Court of Appeals -- http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/cta/currentcta.htm . We feature a case relating to a State alleging that Indian tribe was operating Class III electronic games of chance on land located outside the boundaries of the tribe's reservation in violation of Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

New in the Supreme Court

Petitions for writ of certiorari were filed in two cases: Bodkin v. Cook Inlet Region, Inc., which deals with age discrimination and shareholder distributions, and Michigan Gambling Opposition v. Kempthorne, which deals with whether Congress’ delegation of authority to the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land for Indians is unconstitutional, and also whether the IRA authorizes the Secretary to acquire land in trust for Indian Tribes that were not recognized and under federal jurisdiction in 1934.

Read about the cases in the U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin - http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2008-2009update.htm - and the News Bulletin - http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.htm.

New Tribal Law Materials

This week the Library received permission to post the Constitution and Waganakising Odawa Tribal Code of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians. Both documents can be found at our online tribal laws web page. From the same web page you can also access an updated copy of the Swinomish Tribal Code. And at the bottom of the web page is a link to Gaming Ordinances of Tribes, posted at the web site of the National Indian Gaming Commission.