2024 Tribal Courts Cases
Last updated: December 18, 2024
Next Update Should be Ready by: January 8, 2025
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Older Cases:
December
November
Legal Topics: Witness Testimony
October
Legal Topics: Habeas Corpus; Indian Status
Legal Topics: Child Custody; Neglected Child
Legal Topics: Probation Violation; Plain Error
Legal Topics: Damages; Pain and Suffering
Legal Topics: Indian Status
September
Legal Topics: Appellate Jurisdiction
Legal Topics: Acceptance of Guilty Plea
Legal Topics: Tribal Court Comity; Child Custody
Legal Topics: Appellate Jurisdiction; Eviction
August
Legal Topics: Judicial Custody Petition; Child Custody
Legal Topics: Tribal Court Jurisdiction; Child Custody
Legal Topics: Premises Liability; Burden of Proof
Legal Topics: Muscogee (Creek) Nation Constitution; Oklahoma's "Stand your Ground" law
Legal Topics: Judicial Powers; Adoption of Foreign Law
Legal Topics: Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction
Legal Topics: Defective Condition; Actual Notice
Legal Topics: Indian Child Welfare; Tribal Code
Legal Topics: Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Cherokee Code
Legal Topics: Negligence and Liability; Comparative Negligence; Damages
July
Legal Topics: Landlord/Tenant; Eviction
Wilson v. Harris
APP-2024-01
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Court of Appeals.
July 8, 2024
Legal Topics: Landlord/Tenant; Eviction
Legal Topics: Judicial Recusal; Premature Motion
Legal Topics: Board of Review; Employment Appeal
Legal Topics: Tribal Election; Tribal Election Code; Campaign Violation
June
Legal Topics: Tribal Referendum Election; Election Administration; Standing
Legal Topics: Tribal Election Contest; Jurisdiction; Election Ordinance
Legal Topics: Mohegan Torts Code; Liability; Constructive Notice
May
Legal Topics: Interlocutory Appeal
April
Legal Topics: Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Hiring Preferences
Legal Topics: Double Jeopardy
Legal Topics: Dismissal with Prejudice; Response Time
Legal Topics: Search and Seizure; Drug Residue
Legal Topics: Hotel and Innkeepers Liability Law; Summary Judgment
March
Legal Topics: 22 C.N.C.A. § 153; Absence Limitation
Legal Topics: 22 C.N.C.A. § 153; Absence Limitation
Legal Topics: Filing of Fees
Legal Topics: Mohegan Torts Code; Negligence
Legal Topics: Negligence
Legal Topics: Negligence; Affirmative Act Rule
Legal Topics: Right to Counsel
February
Legal Topics: Motion to Dismiss Order Appealability
January
Mazzetti, et al. v. Kolb, et al.
Case No. AP-0001-23
Court of Appeals for the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians
January 31, 2024
Legal Topics: Enrollment; Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Exhaust Administrative Remedies
Legal Topics: Withdraw Plea; Manifest Injustice
Legal Topics: Criminal Jurisdiction; Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022
Legal Topics: Lack of Standing; Wrongful Death
Legal Topics: Summary Judgment
Campos v. The People of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
Case No.: 2022-34-AP
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Tribal Appellate Court
January 18, 2024
Legal Topics: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sentencing
The People of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians v. Gipson
Case No.: 2023-37-AP
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Tribal Appellate Court
January 17, 2024
Legal Topics: Sentencing
Perrault v. GTB Housing
Case No.: 2023-38-AP
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Tribal Appellate Court
January 11, 2024
Legal Topics: Eviction
Legal Topics: Negligence; Actual Damages
Legal Topics: Due Process