July 12, 2023
A former minerals manager for the Ute Indian Tribe is asking a Utah federal judge not to sanction him in a contract dispute case, saying he hasn't disobeyed an injunction barring him from taking any action in a related case playing out in state court over employment compensation.
June 28, 2023
The Ute Indian Tribe urged a Utah federal judge to sanction its former minerals manager in their ongoing contract dispute for failing to comply with an injunction blocking him from taking any action in a related state court case by affirmatively opposing the tribe's motion to dismiss.
June 18, 2018
A Utah federal judge on Friday rejected the Ute Indian Tribe's bid to stay a ruling that the tribe's contract dispute with a former employee must be heard in state court rather than tribal court, saying the tribe isn't likely to win in its appeal to the Tenth Circuit.
May 17, 2018
A Utah federal judge on Thursday rejected sanctions sought by both the Ute Indian Tribe and a former tribal employee in a contract dispute between them, but ordered both sides to "adjust their tone and rhetoric" to meet state standards in the heated litigation.
April 30, 2018
A Utah federal judge ruled Monday that a contract dispute between the Ute Indian Tribe and a former employee of its energy and minerals department should be heard in state court rather than in the tribe's courts, saying the tribe had waived its courts' authority over the ex-employee's claims.
December 07, 2017
A Utah federal judge recused herself Wednesday from hearing the Ute Indian Tribe's action looking to prevent a former employee of the tribe's energy and minerals department from pursuing an underlying contract dispute in state court, becoming the third jurist to bow out of the federal suit since it was filed last year.
August 17, 2016
A Utah federal judge on Tuesday nixed the Ute Indian Tribe's suit to prevent an ex-employee of the tribe's energy and minerals department from pursuing, and a judge from presiding over, a contract dispute in state court.
August 01, 2016
The Ute Indian Tribe continued to press a Utah federal court Friday to stop a state judge from presiding over a contract dispute brought by a former employee who once worked in its energy and minerals department, arguing that the state court lacks authority over the issue.
July 28, 2016
An ex-employee of the Ute Indian Tribe's energy and minerals department asked a Utah federal court on Tuesday to reject the tribe's bid to block him from pursuing and a state judge from presiding over a contract dispute in state court.
July 07, 2016
A state judge pressed a Utah federal court Wednesday to toss the Ute Indian Tribe's suit seeking to block him from presiding over a contract dispute brought by a former employee who once worked in the tribe's energy and minerals department.