March 24, 2016
A Native American man who is accusing nearly 190 Nevada residents of illegally building their homes on his trust land hit back at counterclaims against him, telling a district court Wednesday that the homeowners have not stated any facts to support their contention he knowingly lured them into signing invalid leases.
March 03, 2016
A group of Nevada homeowners being sued by a Native American man who says they illegally built their homes on his trust land asked a Nevada federal judge Tuesday to keep their counterclaims alive, saying Leon Mark Kizer took payments and signed off on leases he knew might be illegal.
February 08, 2016
The Bureau of Indian Affairs urged a Nevada federal court on Friday to dismiss the agency from a suit by a member of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California over the lease of his trust land parcel for a housing development, arguing the claims came too late and the agency didn't waive its sovereign immunity to suit.
January 11, 2016
A group of homeowners accused a Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California member Friday in Nevada federal court of fraudulently concealing the fact that a lease for the development of his trust land parcel ran counter to federal law in an effort to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars from them.
September 04, 2015
A Nevada federal judge on Thursday trimmed a suit brought by a member of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California against commercial developer PTP Inc. over the lease of his trust land parcel for a housing development and ruled the Bureau of Indian Affairs must be joined to the suit.