2020 Tribal Courts Cases

Last updated: January 6, 2021

 

December

Taypayosatum v. Fort Peck Tribes
2020 WL 8484726
Cause No. AP 804
Fort Peck Court of Appeals.
December 3, 2020

Legal Topics: Tribal Court Jurisdiction; Nonmember Indians

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August

Flynn v. Smith
2020 WL 5180183
Cause No. Ap 799
Fort Peck Court of Appeals.
August 24, 2020

Legal Topics: Tribal Court Jurisdiction

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May

 

April

Tsosie v. Arizona Public Service
No. SC-CV-03-15
Navajo Nation Supreme Court.
April 30, 2020

Legal Topics: Contracts; Jurisdiction

Azure v. Reum
2020 WL 4958114
Cause No. Ap # 793
Fort Peck Court of Appeals.
April 20, 2020

Legal Topics: Custodial Rights

Rincon Mushroom Corporation, Inc. v. Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians
No. AP-0205-19
Court of Appeals for the Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians.
April 2, 2020

Legal Topics: Tribal Jurisdiction

March

Carsetti v. Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise
2020 WL 1080521
No. MPTC-CV-PI-2018-177
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court.
March 4, 2020

Legal Topics: Negligence

 

February

Wilson v. Cherokee Nation Election Commission
2020 WL 769584
No. SC 2019-12
Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation.
February 10, 2020

Legal Topics: Election Code; Election Issues

 

January

Picard v. Colville Confederated Tribes
2020 WL 858912
No. AP18-016
Colville Tribal Court of Appeals.
January 29, 2020

Legal Topics: Indian Civil Rights Act; Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010

 

Drabik v. The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut
2020 WL 439909
No. AP-18-0001
Mohegan Tribal Trial Court.
January 21, 2020

Legal Topics: Negligence; Trespassing

 

Renzi v. Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise
2020 WL 257788
No. MPTC-CV-PI-2017-119
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court.
January 8, 2020

Legal Topics: Personal Injury

 

Moon v. Hoopa Valley Tribe
No. A-19-004
Hoopa Valley Tribal Court of Appeals.
January 6, 2020

Legal Topics: Employee Termination

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