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2019 Tribal Courts Cases

Last updated: December 18, 2019

December

Martell v. Fort Peck Tribes
2019 WL 7374754
No. AP 782
Fort Peck Court of Appeals.
December 30, 2019

Legal Topics: Court Procedure

 

Levy v. Mashantucket Pequot Education Committee
2019 WL 7019033
No. MPTC-CV-AA-2019-127
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court.
December 18, 2019

Legal Topics: Tribal Benefits

November

Campobasso v. Cawston
2019 WL 6790314
Case No. AP17-003
Colville Tribal Court of Appeals.
November 26, 2019

Legal Topics: Real Property

October

In re H.B.
2019 WL 5785102
Nos. 19-CVJ-047; 17-CVJ-048
Cherokee Court of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
October 24, 2019

Legal Topics: Civil Jurisdiction

September

Antoine v. Marchand
2019 WL 5419957
No. AP19-001
Colville Tribal Court of Appeals.
September 30, 2019

Legal Topics: Personal Property

Matter of Shirley
2019 WL 5592776
No. SC-SP-01-19
Supreme Court of the Navajo Nation.
September 18, 2019

Legal Topics: Pro Bono Status

 

August

Colebut v. Colebut
2019 WL 4130786
No. MPTC-CV-PI-2015-149
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court.
August 29, 2019

Legal Topics: Personal Injury; Tribal Property

Ballard v. Mashantucket Pequot Gaing Enterprise
2019 WL 3967437
No. MPTC-CV-PI-2018-137
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court
August 21, 2019

Legal Topics: Personal Injury

July

 

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May

Allen Russell II v. Laureen Yellow Hammer/Combs
2019 WL 2260681
CAUSE NO. AP #783
Fort Peck Court of Appeals, Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes.
May 23, 2019

Legal Topics: Child Custody

Mary Dominique v. Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise and Scooter A Long, LLC
2019 WL 2219798
NO. MPTC-CV-PI-2016-134
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court
May 1, 2019

Legal Topics: Personal Injury

April

Deidra M. Scruggs v. Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise
2019 WL 1749292
NO. MPTC-CV-PI-2017-133
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court
April 10, 2019

Legal Topics: Personal Injury

 

March

John & Jean Letarte v. Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise
2019 WL 1398057
NO. MPTC-CV-PI-2016-151
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court
March 21, 2019

Legal Topics: Personal Injuries; Negligence

Gibson v. Colville Confederated Tribes
 2019 WL 1769099
No. AP18-011
Colville Tribal Court of Appeals.
March 19, 2019

Legal Topics: Jurisdiction; Employment; Immunity

Clements v. Colville Confederated Tribes
15 Am. Tribal Law 255
No. MCV-OC-2018-41000
Colville Tribal Court of Appeals.
March 19, 2019

Legal Topics: Jurisdiction Over Nonmembers

Jennifer Nolan v. Celia Paul and Barry Collins
2019 WL 1768004
No. AP18-017
Colville Tribal Court of Appeals.
March 19, 2019

Legal Topics: Child Custody

Wilding v. Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise
2019 WL 1313836
NO. CV-AA-2018-130
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court
March 11, 2019

Legal Topics: Employment Termination

 

February

Louis-Williams v. Colville Confederated Tribes
2019 WL 1452888
 No. AP18-012
Colville Tribal Court of Appeals.
February 19, 2019

Legal Topics: Tribal Government - Expulsion

 

January

Bennett v. Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise
2019 WL 2219790
 No. MPTC-CV-PI-2016-119
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court
January 17, 2019

Legal Topics: Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Waiver of Sovereign Immunity

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