2024 Federal Courts Cases
Last updated: December 4, 2024
Next update should be ready by: December 11, 2024
Recently Added Cases:
Legal Topics: Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA); Bill of Costs
Legal Topics: Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA); Bill of Costs
Legal Topics: Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA); Bill of Costs
Legal Topics: Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA); Bill of Costs
Henderson v. Melton, et al.
2024 WL 4930793
Cause No. CV 24-67-GF-DWM
United States District Court, D. Montana, GREAT FALLS DIVISION.
December 2, 2024
Legal Topics: Section 1983; Bivens; Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA)
Older Cases:
December
November
Pemperton v. Miller
2024 WL 4891560
No. 24-7027
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
November 26, 2024
Legal Topics: McGirt v. Oklahoma; Criminal Jurisdiction
Legal Topics: Tribal Court Jurisdiction
Legal Topics: Property Ownership
Hopi Tribe et al. v. Trump, et al.
2024 WL 4880466
Civil Action No. 1:17-cv-02590 (TSC), Civil Action No. 1:17-cv-02605 (TSC), Civil Action No. 1:17-cv-02606 (TSC)
United States District Court, District of Columbia.
November 25, 2024
Legal Topics: Antiquities Act; Motion to Reopen Case and Lift Stay
Sayles v. Bridges
2024 WL 4886050
Case No. 21-CV-0565-JFH-JFJ
United States District Court, N.D. Oklahoma.
November 25, 2024
Legal Topics: McGirt v. Oklahoma; Criminal Jurisdiction; Writ of Habeas Corpus
Legal Topics: Navajo-Hopi Settlement Act; Relocation Benefits
Bruner v. Harpe
2024 WL 4874218
Case No. 21-CV-0562-GKF-CDL
United States District Court, N.D. Oklahoma.
November 22, 2024
Legal Topics: McGirt v. Oklahoma; Criminal Jurisdiction; Habeas Petition
Legal Topics: Wrongful Death; Appointed Personal Representative
Legal Topics: Tribal Membership
Legal Topics: Federal Court Jurisdiction
Legal Topics: Major Crimes Act; Indian Country
Legal Topics: Contraband Cigarette Tax Act (CCTA); Indian Country
Legal Topics: Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Ex parte Young
Legal Topics: Sovereign Immunity; Water Rights
Legal Topics: Motion to Intervene; Treaty Rights
Legal Topics: Cultural Property; Environmental Protection; Administrative Procedures Act (APA)
Legal Topics: Free Exercise; Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA)
Legal Topics: Habeas Petition; Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA); Tribal Court Exhaustion
October
Legal Topics: Employment Discrimination; Tribal Sovereign Immunity
Legal Topics: Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA); Tribal Sovereign Immunity
Legal Topics: Conflict of Interest; Breach of Fiduciary Duty; Counterclaims
Legal Topics: Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Official Immunity; Counterclaims
Legal Topics: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)
Legal Topics: 1866 Treaty of Washington; Freedmen; Indian Status
United States v. Guinn
2024 WL 4491585
Case No. 24-CR-131-JFH
United States District Court, E.D. Oklahoma.
October 15, 2024
Legal Topics: Major Crimes Act; Indian Status; Judicial Notice
Legal Topics: Cultural Resources; Sovereign Immunity
Legal Topics: McGirt v. Oklahoma; Good Faith Exception to the Exclusionary Rule
Legal Topics: Amicus Participation; Mi Familia Vota v. Hobbs
Legal Topics: Administrative Procedures Act; Motion to Intervene
Legal Topics: Stay of Administrative Proceedings; Intra-Tribal Dispute
Legal Topics: Arbitration Agreement; Tribal Law
Legal Topics: Major Crimes Act; Indian Status
September
Legal Topics: Tribal Gaming Compact; Subject Matter Jurisdiction; Preliminary Injunction
Legal Topics: Tribal Gaming Compact; Standing; Motion to Dismiss
Legal Topics: Federal Recognition; Tribal Membership; Preliminary Injunction
Legal Topics: Bribery; Tribal Agent; Tribal Sovereign Immunity
Legal Topics: Allotment; Right-of-Way Easement; Power to Exclude
Legal Topics: Trust Relationship; Trust Accounting
Legal Topics: Administrative Procedures Act; Secretarial Election
Legal Topics: Indian Civil Rights Act; Writ of Habeas Corpus; Tribal Exhaustion
Legal Topics: Diversity Jurisdiction; Stateless Party
Hendrix v. Bridges
2024 WL 4216632
Case No. 23-CV-0322-JFH-JFJ
United States District Court, N.D. Oklahoma.
September 17, 2024
Legal Topics: McGirt v. Oklahoma; Writ of Habeas Corpus
Legal Topics: Free Exercise Clause; Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA)
Legal Topics: Tribal Court Jurisdiction; En Banc Petition
Legal Topics: McGirt v. Oklahoma; Cherokee Freedmen
Legal Topics: Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act (PACT Act); Tribal Sovereign Immunity
Legal Topics: Alaska Native Corporation; Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Legal Topics: Stay Discovery; Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Tribal Employees
August
Legal Topics: Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction; Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA)
Legal Topics: Free Exercise Clause; Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act (TRFRA); Texas Constitution
Legal Topics: Subproceeding; Stillaguamish Tribe; Treaty Fishing Rights
Legal Topics: Transfer of Venue; Loan Guaranty, Insurance, and Interest Subsidy Program
Legal Topics: Historic Properties; Water Rights; Preliminary Injunction
Legal Topics: Native American Organization
Legal Topics: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA); Carlisle Indian School
Legal Topics: Summary Judgment; Discrimination; Class Action
Danderson v. Page, et al.
2024 WL 3913051
Case No. 24-CV-208-JFH-GLJ
United States District Court, E.D. Oklahoma.
August 20, 2024
Legal Topics: Habeas Corpus; Tribal Court; Exhaustion of Tribal Court Remedies
Legal Topics: Major Crimes Act; Tribal Court
Legal Topics: Cherokee Freedmen; Tribal Sovereign Immunity
Legal Topics: Breach of Trust; Fort Laramie Treaty
Legal Topics: Tribal Contract Health; Discovery
Garrett v. Sycuan Casino
2024 WL 3798398
Case No.: 3:24-cv-01296-JES-SBC
United States District Court, S.D. California.
August 13, 2024
Legal Topics: Tribal Sovereign Immunity
Legal Topics: Federal Recognition; Tribal Membership
Legal Topics: Labor Relations; Arbitration; Ripeness
Legal Topics: Indian Commerce Clause; Tobacco Product Regulations; Taxation
July
Roybal v. Schnell
2024 WL 3569497
File No. 24-cv-1652 (ECT/DTS)
United States District Court, D. Minnesota.
July 29, 2024
Legal Topics: Religious Freedom
Legal Topics: Criminal Jurisdiction
Legal Topics: Summary Judgment; Scope of Authority; Judicial Reassignment
Legal Topics: Major Crimes Act; Indian Status; Authenticity of Record
Legal Topics: Tribal Search Warrant; Probable Cause; Good Faith Exception
Legal Topics: National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Administrative Procedure Act (APA); Programmatic Agreement
Legal Topics: Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA); Good Faith Negotiation
Legal Topics: Taxation; Treaty Rights; Self-Employment Income
Legal Topics: Refuge Act; Administrative Procedure Act (APA); Tribal Economic Development
Legal Topics: Writ of Habeas Corpus; Child Custody; Tribal Exhaustion
Legal Topics: Fourth Amendment; Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA); Administrative Procedures Act (APA)
Legal Topics: Rights-of-way; Preliminary Injunction; Administrative Proceedings
Legal Topics: Cultural Resource Damage; Interlocutory Appeal
Legal Topics: Intergovernmental Agreement; State Court Removal; Tribal Sovereign Immunity
Legal Topics: Temporary Restraining Order; Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; Tribal Law
June
Legal Topics: Land Into Trust; Administrative Procedure Act (APA); Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA)
Legal Topics: Tribal Fishing Rights; Administrative Procedure Act; Clean Water Act
Legal Topics: Arm of the Tribe; Tribal Sovereign Immunity
Legal Topics: Land Into Trust; Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; Indian Reorganization Act
Legal Topics: Injury-in-Fact; Standing; Freedmen
Legal Topics: Tribal Court; Tribal Regulatory Jurisdiction
Legal Topics: Contracts Dispute Act (CDA); Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA)
Legal Topics: Indian Child Welfare Act; Jurisdiction
Legal Topics: Breach of Fiduciary Duties; Tucker Act; Water Rights
Legal Topics: Land Into Trust; Easement; Intervention
Legal Topics: Trespass Restitution
Legal Topics: Sale of Trust Lands; Civil Rights Acts; Sovereign Immunity
Legal Topics: Cultural Resource Damages; Resource Equivalency Analysis
Legal Topics: Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA); Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA)
Legal Topics: Sovereign Immunity Waiver; Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)
Legal Topics: Off-Reservation Fishing Rights
Legal Topics: Failure to State a Claim; Administrative Procedures Act (APA); Final Agency Action
Legal Topics: Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA); Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA)
Legal Topics: Federal Tort Claims Act; Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act
Legal Topics: Breach of Trust; National Indian Forest Resources Management Act
May
Legal Topics: Compact of Self Governance; Veteran Affairs Reimbursement
Legal Topics: Breach of Fiduciary Duties; National Indian Forest Resources Management Act
Legal Topics: Tribal Consultation; Endangered Species Act
Taccara Mesteth v. Jennifer Odegard
2024 WL 2371886
4:23-CV-04135-RAL
United States District Court, D. South Dakota, Southern Division.
Filed May 23, 2024
Legal Topics: Indian Child Welfare Act
Legal Topics: Fishing Treaty Rights; Factual Findings
Legal Topics: Major Crimes Act; Venue Clause
Legal Topics: Restitution; Trespass
Graham v. White
2024 WL 2228601
No. 23-5069
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
May 17, 2024
Legal Topics: McGirt v. Oklahoma; Writ of Habeas Corpus
Legal Topics: Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41(g); Evidence Possession; Tribal Prosecution
Legal Topics: Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA); Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)
Legal Topics: Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Race Discrimination
Steve v. Tuni, et al.
2024 WL 3432153
Case No. 3:22-cv-00506-MMD-CSD
United States District Court, D. Nevada.
May 9, 2024
Legal Topics: Tribal Court Jurisdiction
Legal Topics: Tribal Property Held in Trust; Permit Default; Trespass
Legal Topics: Criminal Jurisdiction; Indian Pueblo Land Act Amendments of 2005
Legal Topics: McGirt v. Oklahoma; Due Process
Legal Topics: Treaty Rights; "Bad Men" Provision
Legal Topics: Public Employee Speech; Land Acknowledgment Statement
Legal Topics: Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Employment Agreement
Hayes v. Haaland, et al.
2024 WL 1906435
4:16-cv-00615-JAR-FHM
United States District Court, N.D. Oklahoma.
May 1, 2024
Legal Topics: Mineral Leases; Administrative Procedures Act (APA); National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
April
Legal Topics: Trust Mismanagement; Indian Tucker Act; Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974
Legal Topics: Discrimination; Counterclaims
Legal Topics: McGirt v. Oklahoma; Treaty Damages
Legal Topics: McGirt v. Oklahoma; Treaty Damages
Legal Topics: Water Rights; Breach of Trust
Legal Topics: Self-Determination Contract
Legal Topics: Federal Question; Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
Legal Topics: Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Springer v. United States
2024 WL 2024135
Case No. 23-CV-373-GKF-MTS
United States District Court, N.D. Oklahoma.
April 19, 2024
Legal Topics: Bankruptcy Discharge; McGirt v. Oklahoma; Taxation
Legal Topics: Motion for Reconsideration; Full Tribal Management; Tribal Sovereign Immunity
Legal Topics: Race Discrimination; Section 1981; Peyote
Conway v. Oyate Health Center
2024 WL 1639221
5:23-CV-05053-CBK
United States District Court, D. South Dakota, Western Division.
April 16, 2024
Legal Topics: Tribal Sovereign Immunity
Legal Topics: Administrative Procedures Act (APA); National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Tribal Consultation
Legal Topics: First Amendment Free Exercise Clause; Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“TRFRA”)
Legal Topics: Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA)
Legal Topics: Tribal Water Rights; Fiduciary Duties; Administrative Record
Legal Topics: Mascots and Native Representation
March
Legal Topics: Attorneys' Fees and Costs; Intervening Parties
Legal Topics: Indian Financing Act; Loan Guaranty, Insurance, and Interest Subsidy Program
Legal Topics: Quiet Title Act; Administrative Procedure Act
Legal Topics: Treaty Water Rights; Clean Water Act; Administrative Procedure Act
Legal Topics: Michigan Health Care False Claims Act (HCFCA)
Legal Topics: Illinois Gambling Act; 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Legal Topics: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act; Subsistence Fishing Rights
Legal Topics: Treaty Hunting Rights; Herrera v. Wyoming
Legal Topics: Federal Court Authority; Sanctions
Legal Topics: State Constitutional Claims; Heck v. Humphrey; Tribal Political Dissident
Legal Topics: Tribal Court Proceedings; Exhaustion of Remedies
United States v. McGirt
2024 WL 1310640
Case No. 20-CR-50-JFH
United States District Court, E.D. Oklahoma.
March 27, 2024
Legal Topics: Federal Court Jurisdiction; Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11
Legal Topics: Tribal Gaming; Tribal Lease Agreements
Legal Topics: Per Capita Distribution Garnishment
Legal Topics: Economic Development; Tribal Lending; Tribal Sovereign Immunity
Kanam, et al. v. Haaland, et al.
2024 WL 1923687
Civil Action No. 22-3183 (RBW)
United States District Court, District of Columbia.
March 21, 2024
Legal Topics: Federal Recognition; Tribal Court Judgment
Legal Topics: Tribal Gaming; Certification of Parties; Question of State Law
United States v. Spencer
2024 WL 3318950
Case No. CR-23-119-RAW
United States District Court, E.D. Oklahoma.
March 18, 2024
Legal Topics: Cross Deputization Agreement; Indian Country
Legal Topics: Voting Rights Act; Redistricting
Machin v. Choctaw Casino
2024 WL 1841654
CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:22-CV-00729-SDJ-AGD
United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Sherman Division.
March 14, 2024
Legal Topics: Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Diversity Jurisdiction
Legal Topics: Economic Development; Tribal Lending; Tribal Sovereign Immunity
Legal Topics: Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act; Federal Tort Claims Act; Data Breach
Legal Topics: Notice of Tribal Law
Legal Topics: Standing; California Government Code section 11135; California Administrative Procedure Act
Legal Topics: Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act; Federal Tort Claims Act
Legal Topics: Stay Pending Appeal; Public Interest
Legal Topics: Compel Agency Action; Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
Legal Topics: Sixth Amendment Right to Public Trial; Authority to Criminalize Conduct of Indians on Tribal Land
Legal Topics: Administrative Procedure Act; Tribal Sovereignty
Legal Topics: Indian Civil Rights Act; Tribal Court
Legal Topics: McGirt v. Oklahoma; Indian Country
Legal Topics: Federal Court Jurisdiction; Trust Allotment
Legal Topics: Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA); Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)
Legal Topics: Tribally Chartered Corporation; Tribal Sovereignty; State Wage Laws
Legal Topics: Surety Bond; Tribal Court Jurisdiction
February
Legal Topics: Tribal Court Jurisdiction
Legal Topics: Trust Land Acquisition; Fee to Trust
Legal Topics: Property Ownership; Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Indispensable Party
Legal Topics: Indian Child Welfare Act
Legal Topics: Civil Rights Act; National Voter Registration Act; Voting Rights Act
Legal Topics: Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA); Bivens Claim
Legal Topics: Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA); Good Faith Negotiation
Legal Topics: Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Civil Contempt
Legal Topics: Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA)
Mallard v. Howard and Rop
2024 WL 726983
Case No. 22-4053-EFM
United States District Court, D. Kansas.
February 22, 2024
Legal Topics: Religious Freedom Restoration Act; Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA)
Legal Topics: Navajo and Hopi Indian Land Settlement Act of 1974; Administrative Procedure Act
Legal Topics: Criminal; Disqualification of Prosecutor
Legal Topics: Ripeness
Legal Topics: Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Tribal Exhaustion Rule
Legal Topics: Endangered Species Act
Legal Topics: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; Continuing Trespass
Legal Topics: CERCLA; Natural Resources Damages
United States v. Sam
2024 WL 519564
CASE NO. 2:23-mc-00074-LK
United States District Court, W.D. Washington, at Seattle.
February 9, 2024
Legal Topics: Garnishment; Per Capita Distributions
Legal Topics: Class Settlement; Tribal Guidance
Legal Topics: Water Rights; Endangered Species Act; National Environmental Policy Act
Legal Topics: Water Rights; Endangered Species Act; National Environmental Policy Act
Legal Topics: Lands Into Trust; Administrative Procedures Act
Legal Topics: Cultural Resources Damages
Legal Topics: Public Law 280; Tribal Law Ordinances; Cannabis
January
Legal Topics: Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Tribal Corporation
Garren v. Dzurenda, et al.
2024 WL 694444
Case No. 3:23-cv-00141-MMD-CSD
United States District Court, D. Nevada.
January 30, 2024
Legal Topics: Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA)
Legal Topics: Criminal Jurisdiction; Tribal Court
Legal Topics: Indian Country Determination; Criminal Jurisdiction
Legal Topics: Voting Rights Act; Consent Decree
Legal Topics: Indian Country Crimes Act
Spencer v. Saluskin
2024 WL 268390
No. 2:23-CV-00283-SAB
United States District Court, E.D. Washington.
January 24, 2024
Legal Topics: Tribal Court Jurisdiction; Tribal Sovereign Immunity
Legal Topics: Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Tribal Corporation
Legal Topics: Intervention
Gardner, et al. v. Duncan
2024 WL 244207
Case No. 2:20-rf-00809
United States District Court, D. Utah.
January 22, 2024
Legal Topics: Indian Civil Rights Act; Exhaustion of Tribal Remedies
Legal Topics: Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Economic Development
Legal Topics: Interlocutory Appeal; Quiet Title Act
Legal Topics: Title VII; Racial Discrimination; 42 U.S.C. § 1981
Legal Topics: Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA); Federal Recognition
Johnson v. Shinn, et al.
2024 WL 169673
No. CV-21-02083-PHX-MTL (ESW)
United States District Court, D. Arizona.
January 16, 2024
Legal Topics: First Amendment; Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act; Security Threat Group
Legal Topics: Religious Freedom Restoration Act; Ayahuasca
Legal Topics: Business Leasing; Tribal Trust Land
Lamkin v. Hutchinson, et al.
2024 WL 50240
Case No. 2:23-cv-00273-BLW
United States District Court, D. Idaho.
January 4, 2024
Legal Topics: Tribal Sovereign Immunity for Tribal Employees
Legal Topics: Discrimination; Class Action; Added Parties