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WPX Energy Williston, LLC v. Hon. B.J. Jones, et al
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July 03, 2023
An Eighth Circuit panel on Monday overturned a preliminary injunction that kept three North Dakota tribes from seeking action in tribal court against a gas and oil exploration company over a smoking ban dispute, saying a district court's ruling was premature and that all remedies haven't been exhausted in the Native American court system.
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January 31, 2023
Circuit courts in February will hear argument in cases attempting to define college athletes as employees of their schools and that question if Tofurky has a right to market its products with names like "vegan sausage" instead of "vegan tubes." Here, Law360 previews selected appellate arguments in the month ahead.
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September 19, 2022
The Three Affiliated Tribes are asking the Eighth Circuit to send back to tribal court a suit alleging WPX Energy Williston LLC employees violated a contractual smoking ban, saying the energy company had not exhausted its tribal remedies before it went to federal court.
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August 24, 2022
An oil and gas company has asked the Eighth Circuit to reject a bid by the Three Affiliated Tribes to overturn a ruling that their courts can't hear a suit claiming the company's employees violated a contractual smoking ban on the tribe's reservation, saying the company isn't under the tribal court's jurisdiction.
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July 08, 2022
The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation is urging the Eighth Circuit to let its own courts hear a claim that employees of an out-of-state energy company violated a contractual smoking ban while drilling for fossil fuels on the tribe's North Dakota reservation.