2024 Tribal Courts Cases

Last updated: April 24, 2024

Next Update Should be Ready by: April 30, 2024


Recently Added Cases:

Brown v. Office of Director of Regulation
--- Am. Tribal Law ----, 2024 WL 1673196
7 G.D.R. 97
GDTC-AA-23-104-JAM
Mohegan Gaming Disputes Trial Court.
April 15, 2024

Legal Topics: Gaming License; Conduct Posing a Threat

 

Duong v. Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
--- Am. Tribal Law ----, 2024 WL 1715285
7 G.D.R. 103
GDTC-T-18-103-FAM
Mohegan Gaming Disputes Trial Court.
April 12, 2024

Legal Topics: Negligence

 

Thornton v. Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise
2023 WL 11091533
NO. MPTC-CV-AA-2022-106
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court.
July 31, 2023

Legal Topics: Board of Review; Tribal Healing Time

 

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Lambert v. Fort Peck Tribes
--- Am. Tribal Law ----, 2024 WL 1557839
CAUSE NO. AP 865
Fort Peck Court of Appeals.
April 10, 2024

Legal Topics: Search and Seizure; Drug Residue

 

March

Cherokee Nation v. Shriver
--- Am. Tribal Law ----, 2024 WL 1338338
CASE NO. SC-2022-09
Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation.
March 28, 2024

Legal Topics: 22 C.N.C.A. § 153; Absence Limitation

 

Cherokee Nation v. Shriver
--- Am. Tribal Law ----, 2024 WL 1339950
CASE NO. SC-2022-08
Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation.
March 28, 2024

Legal Topics: 22 C.N.C.A. § 153; Absence Limitation

 

Rodgers v. Cherokee Nation
--- Am. Tribal Law ----, 2024 WL 1340112
Case No. SC-23-10
Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation.
March 28, 2024

Legal Topics: Filing of Fees

 

Jardine v. Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
--- Am. Tribal Law ----, 2024 WL 1253851
7 G.D.R 94
GDTC-T-16-115-FAM
Mohegan Gaming Disputes Trial Court.
March 18, 2024

Legal Topics: Mohegan Torts Code; Negligence

 

Bolden v. Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
--- Am. Tribal Law ----, 2024 WL 1253577
7 G.D.R 89
GDTC-T-19-132-JAM
Mohegan Gaming Disputes Trial Court.
March 5, 2024

Legal Topics: Negligence

 

Granata v. Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
--- Am. Tribal Law ----, 2024 WL 1253837
7 G.D.R 85
GDTC-T-17-100-JAM
Mohegan Gaming Disputes Trial Court.
March 4, 2024

Legal Topics: Negligence; Affirmative Act Rule

 

Bissonnette v. Fort Peck Tribes
--- Am. Tribal Law ----, 2024 WL 942423
CAUSE NO. AP # 869
Fort Peck Court of Appeals.
March 4, 2024

Legal Topics: Right to Counsel

 

February

Colorado River Indian Tribes v. Alliant Insurance Services, et al.
CASE NO. CV-AP-2023-0003
Colorado River Indian Tribes Appeals Court
February 13, 2024

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

 

Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. Drake
Case No.: SC-2023-05
Muscogee (Creek) Nation Supreme Court
January 26, 2024

Legal Topics: Withdraw Plea; Manifest Injustice

 

Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. Wilson
Case No.: SC-2023-04
Muscogee (Creek) Nation Supreme Court
January 26, 2024

Legal Topics: Criminal Jurisdiction; Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022

 

Bherwani v. Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
--- Am. Tribal Law ----, 2024 WL 413485
7 G.D.R 76
DOCEKT NO.: GDTC-T-22-102-JAC
Mohegan Gaming Disputes Trial Court.
January 26, 2024

Legal Topics: Lack of Standing; Wrongful Death

 

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

 

Charles v. Swinomish Tribal Community
22 NICS App. 1
NO. CRCA-2023-0022 (January 3, 2024)
Swinomish Tribal Court of Appeals.
January 3, 2024

Legal Topics: Due Process

 

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