Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians v. Snyder

Jan 01, 2015

OUTCOME:

N.L.R.B. v. Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan

Jul 17, 2014

OUTCOME: Ongoing representation in appeal from unlawful exercise of Board jurisdiction.

Representing Tribe in defending against improper assertion of agency authority over on-reservation gaming activities.

Harris v. Lake of the Torches Resort & Casino

Jun 06, 2014

OUTCOME: Adverse judgment vacated for lack of jurisdiction.

Represented the tribal corporation in successfully arguing for vacatur of judgment against tribal casino for lack of jurisdiction. Case No. 11-CV-188 (Vilas County, WI June 6, 2014).

City of Duluth v. Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa

Nov 21, 2011

OUTCOME: Band no longer required to comply with outdated consent judgment.

Favorable defense of the Band in a suit to enforce a federal consent judgment that afforded the City a proprietary interest in the Band's casino.

Wells Fargo v. Lake of the Torches Economic Development Corporation

N/A

OUTCOME: Bond indenture held void under IGRA and court lacked jursidiction to enforce bond indenture.

Successfully urged federal district court to find that tribal corporation’s bond indenture was void as an unapproved management contract under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and federal appellate co ... urt to affirm voiding of indenture.

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan v. Granholm

N/A

OUTCOME: Successfully negotiated five-government settlement of reservation-boundary dispute to recognize the treaty boundaries of the Tribe’s reservation.

Represented Tribe in case for injunctive relief to require the State of Michigan to recognize the Isabella Indian Reservation, created by treaties of 1855 and 1864.