2023 Federal Courts Cases
Last updated: June 7, 2023
Next update should be ready by: June 21, 2023
Recently Added Cases:
In re North Dakota Legislative Assembly
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2023 WL 3831550
No. 23-1600
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
June 6, 2023
Legal Topics: Voting Rights Act; Legislative Privilege
In re Klamath Irrigation District
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2023 WL 3810030
No. 22-70143
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
June 5, 2023
Legal Topics: Water Rights; Writ of Mandamus
United States v. Fisher
2023 WL 3764643
CR 23-01-M-DLC
United States District Court, D. Montana.
June 1, 2023
Legal Topics: Warrantless Search and Seizure
Richman and ex rel. C.R. v. Native Village of Selawik, et al.
2023 WL 3764599
Case No. 3:22-cv-00280-JMK
United States District Court, D. Alaska.
June 1, 2023
Legal Topics: Tribal Court Jurisdiction; Tribal Sovereignty
Brooks v. Branham
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2023 WL 3761183
Case No. 6:22-cv-00033
United States District Court, W.D. Virginia, Lynchburg Division.
June 1, 2023
Legal Topics: Monacan Indian Tribe; Intra-Tribal Disputes
Halverson v. Haaland
2023 WL 3742323
CV 22-76-BLG-SPW
United States District Court, D. Montana, Billings Division.
May 31, 2023
Legal Topics: Partition and Conveyances; Estate Services
Jackson v. Blackfeet Enrollment Office
2023 WL 3626433
Cause No. CV 23-22-GF-BMM
United States District Court, D. Montana, Great Falls Division.
May 24, 2023
Legal Topics: Tribal Sovereignty; Indian Civil Rights Act; Lack of Jurisdiction
Bibeau v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
T.C. Memo. 2023-66
Docket No. 11483-20L
United States Tax Court.
May 24, 2023
Legal Topics: Treaty Rights; Indian Taxation
United States v. Michigan
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2023 WL 3595639
No. 22-1946
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
May 23, 2023
Legal Topics: Great Lakes Fisheries Management; Treaty Rights; Intervention
Oglala Sioux Tribe v. United States
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2023 WL 3606098
5:22-CV-05066-RAL
United States District Court, D. South Dakota, Western Division.
May 23, 2023
Legal Topics: Treaty Rights; Bad Men Clause; Tribal Law Enforcement Funding
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Eagle Bear, Inc. v. Blackfeet Indian Nation
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2023 WL 3572484
Case No. CV-22-93-GF-BMM
United States District Court, D. Montana.
May 19, 2023
Legal Topics: Additional Discovery
Slate v. Makes Cents, Inc.
2023 WL 3504931
Case No. 22 C 4165
United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.
May 17, 2023
Legal Topics: Sovereign Immunity
McAlister v. Alaska
2023 WL 3480001
Case No. 3:23-CV-0029-HRH
United States District Court, D. Alaska.
May 16, 2023
Legal Topics: Racial Discrimination
Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe v. Ryser
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2023 WL 3435294
Case No. C22-01723-RSM
United States District Court, W.D. Washington.
May 12, 2023
Legal Topics: Indian Taxation; Motion to Dismiss
Hogshooter v. Cherokee Nation
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2023 WL 3391411
No. CIV 23-137-RAW
United States District Court, E.D. Oklahoma.
May 11, 2023
Legal Topics: Sovereign Immunity; Indian Civil Rights Act
Dakota Metal Fabrication v. Parisien
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2023 WL 3344277
Case No. C22-01723-RSM
United States District Court, D. North Dakota, Eastern Division.
May 10, 2023
Legal Topics: Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance; Indian Taxation
United States v. Milk
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2023 WL 3218035
No. 21-3722
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
May 3, 2023
Legal Topics: Federal Criminal Jurisdiction; Major Crimes Act
United States v. Peneaux
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3:22-CR-30105-RAL
United States District Court, D. South Dakota, Central Division.
May 2, 2023
Legal Topics: Domestic Abuse; Effect of Tribal Court Conviction
Upper Skagit Indian Tribe v. Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe
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2023 WL 3163049
No. 21-35985
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
May 1, 2023
Legal Topics: Treaty Fishing Rights
Tule Lake Committee v. Federal Aviation Administration, et al.
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2023 WL 3171564
No. 20-16955
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
May 1, 2023
Legal Topics: Dismissal for Lack of Jurisdiction; Transfer of Property
King v. Calderin, et al.
2023 WL 3182656
Case No. 2:21-cv-01452-CDS-BNW
United States District Court, D. Nevada.
May 1, 2023
Legal Topics: Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act; Injunctive Relief
April
HCI Distribution, Inc. and Rock River Manufacturing, Inc. v. Hilgers, et al.
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2023 WL 3122201
8:18-CV-173
United States District Court, D. Nebraska.
April 27, 2023
Legal Topics: Tobacco Product Regulations; Indian Taxation
Old Bull v. United States
2023 WL 3098327
CV 22-109-BLG-KLD
United States District Court, D. Montana.
April 26, 2023
Legal Topics: Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Tribal Officials
Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians v. California
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2023 WL 3066240
No. 21-15751
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
April 25, 2023
Legal Topics: Attorney Fees; Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
Kanam and Pilchuck Nation v. Haaland, et al.
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2023 WL 3063526
No. 22-5197
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
April 25, 2023
Legal Topics: Federal Recognition; Tribal Court Judgment
Greene, et al. v. United States
2023 WL 3072565
No. 22-1064, No. 22-1185
United States Court of Federal Claims.
April 25, 2023
Legal Topics: Oklahoma Criminal Convictions; Treaty of Washington; Limited Jurisdiction
Gilliland v. Barteaux et al.
2023 WL 3066122
Case No. 22-CV-0257-JFH-JFJ
United States District Court, N.D. Oklahoma.
April 24, 2023
Legal Topics: Indian Civil Rights Act; Tribal Court Jurisdiction
Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. U.S. Forest Service, et al.
2023 WL 3052299
CV 22–91–M–DLC
United States District Court, D. Montana.
April 24, 2023
Legal Topics: Preliminary Injunction; Knotty Pine Project; Grizzly Bear
Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation v. United States Department of the Interior
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2023 WL 3027782
No. 22-5185
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
April 21, 2023
Legal Topics: Mineral Royalties; State Intervention
Garcia, III v. Hobbs, et al.
2023 WL 3045747
Cause No. C22-5152-RSL-DGE-LJCV
United States District Court, W.D. Washington.
April 21, 2023
Legal Topics: Equal Protection; Racial Gerrymander
Alturas Indian Rancheria v. Newsom
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2023 WL 3025225
No. 2:22-cv-01486-KJM-DMC
United States District Court, E.D. California.
April 20, 2023
Legal Topics: Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; Good Faith Negotiation
In re Gold King Mine Release in San Juan County, Colorado, on August 5, 2015
2023 WL 3020041
No. 1:18-md-02824-WJ, No. 16-cv-931-WJ-LF
United States District Court, D. New Mexico.
April 20, 2023
Legal Topics: Tort Damages; Restoration Costs
Eagle Bear, Inc. v. Blackfeet Indian Nation
2023 WL 3003823
CV-22-93-GF-BMM
United States District Court, D. Montana.
April 19, 2023
Legal Topics: Additional Discovery
Barton, et al. v. Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
2023 WL 2991627
No. CV-22-08022-PCT-SPL
United States District Court, D. Arizona.
April 18, 2023
Legal Topics: Administrative Procedure Act; Navajo and Hopi Indian Land Settlement Act of 1974
United States v. Buzzard
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2023 WL 2967887
Case No. 21-cr-00351-GKF-3
United States District Court, N.D. Oklahoma.
April 17, 2023
Legal Topics: Major Crimes Act; Discovery; Cherokee Nation
United States v. Wilson
2023 WL 2955885
Case No. 22-CR-092-JFH
United States District Court, E.D. Oklahoma.
April 14, 2023
Legal Topics: Major Crimes Act; Assimilated Child Abuse
Schemmer v. Crow
2023 WL 2924627
No. 22-6139
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
April 13, 2023
Legal Topics: McGirt v. Oklahoma; Certificate of Appealability
In re Gold King Mine Release in San Juan County, Colorado, on August 5, 2015
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2023 WL 2914718
No. 1:18-md-02824-WJ, No. 16-cv-931-WJ-LF
United States District Court, D. New Mexico.
April 12, 2023
Legal Topics: CERCLA; Natural Resource Damages
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, et al. v. Howe
2023 WL 2868670
Case No. 3:22-cv-22
United States District Court, D. North Dakota, Eastern Division.
April 10, 2023
Legal Topics: Voting Rights Act
Pauma Band of Mission Indians v. Newsom
2023 WL 2842453
CASE NO. 2:21-CV-1166 AWI SKO
United States District Court, E.D. California.
April 7, 2023
Legal Topics: Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; Venue
Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians v. California
2023 WL 2841065
CASE NO. 1:21-CV-1509 AWI SKO
United States District Court, E.D. California.
April 7, 2023
Legal Topics: Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; Venue
Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic v. Bureau of Land Management, et al.
2023 WL 2759864
Case No. 3:23-cv-00058-SLG, Case No. 3:23-cv-00061-SLG
United States District Court, D. Alaska.
April 3, 2023
Legal Topics: National Environmental Policy Act; Endangered Species Act; Willow Project
March
States of West Virginia, North Dakota, Georgia, Iowa, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming, et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al.
Case No. 3:23-cv-32
United States District Court, D. North Dakota.
March 31, 2023
Legal Topics: Clean Water Act; Intervention
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Fort Hall Reservation v. Daniel-Davis
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2023 WL 2744123
Case No. 4:20-cv-00553-BLW
United States District Court, D. Idaho.
March 31, 2023
Legal Topics: National Environmental Protection Act; Federal Land Policy Management Act; Trust Responsibility
LaDeaux, Estate, et al. v. United States of America
2023 WL 2743878
3:20-CV-03007-RAL
United States District Court, D. South Dakota, Central Division.
March 31, 2023
Legal Topics: Federal Tort Claims Act; Summary Judgment
Buckner v. City of Sallisaw, Oklahoma
2023 WL 2742735
Case No. CIV-22-146-JAR
United States District Court, E.D. Oklahoma.
March 31, 2023
Legal Topics: Section 1981 Claim for Racial Discrimination
Darden v. Vines
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2023 WL 2773633
CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:22-cv-0404 LEAD, 6:22-cv-1398 MEMBER
United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Lafayette Division.
March 1, 2023
Legal Topics: Tribal Sovereign Immunity
February
The Cherokee Nation v. United States Department of the Interior, et al.
2023 WL 2914173
No. 19-cv-2154-TNM-ZMF
United States District Court, District of Columbia.
February 10, 2023
Legal Topics: Tribal Trusts Accounting
January
Shirley v. Harpe
2023 WL 2759791
No. CIV-22-1049-J
United States District Court, W.D. Oklahoma.
January 5, 2023
Legal Topics: McGirt v. Oklahoma; Statute of Limitations
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