June 24, 2016
A trio of U.S. Supreme Court rulings that boosted a tribe's authority to enforce its liquor tax, allowed the use of uncounseled tribal court convictions in federal domestic violence prosecutions and kept Dollar General subject to a sexual assault tort suit in tribal court have earned the lion's share of attention from attorneys in Native American law. Here, Law360 recaps the year's most significant Native American cases so far.
April 25, 2016
The state of California and a Native American tribe said they were unable to negotiate a new gaming compact within the time frame recently ordered by a federal judge who found the state hadn't shown it acted in good faith when it let the tribe's original deal expire, resulting in the appointment of a mediator Monday.
February 17, 2016
A California federal judge ordered the state on Tuesday to negotiate a new gaming compact with a Native American tribe as it seeks to open a northern California casino, saying California hadn't shown it acted in good faith when it let the tribe's original deal expire in the state Legislature without a vote.
April 06, 2015
A California tribe shot back at the state government Monday in its federal lawsuit over its efforts to build a casino on tribal land, saying the legislature failed to fulfill its obligation to review and make a decision on ratifying its gaming compact.
March 13, 2015
A California tribe accused the state government in California federal court Thursday of thwarting its efforts to build a casino, alleging the state violated federal law when its legislature let a signed gaming compact die without a vote.