Indigenous Peoples, Commercial Real Estate

Ninth Circuit Holds Takings Case Must Proceed Through Tribal Court

by Ben Rubin | Nossaman LLP on 5/6/2013

An eminent decision out of the Ninth Circuit United States Court of Appeals is not a common occurrence. A Ninth Circuit eminent domain decision dealing with intangible property is even less common. Yet, on April 26, 2013,...more

Rohnert Park Approves Use of Eminent Domain for Street Widening

by Brad Kuhn | Nossaman LLP on 3/4/2013

According to an article in the Press Democrat, Rohnert Park OKs eminent domain at site of future hotel, restaurant, the Rohnert Park City Council recently adopted a resolution of necessity authorizing the use of eminent...more

The Department of the Interior Issues New Rules Regulating the Leasing of Tribal Lands

by Christopher P. Colyer, Craig R. McPike, Mark D. Ohre, Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier, James M. Susa, Joyce K. Wright | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 12/10/2012

New regulations enacted by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) applicable to tribal leases will have far reaching impacts on businesses, particularly renewable energy projects, utilizing tribal lands....more

The Amorphous "Unusual Circumstances" Exception to CEQA's Categorical Exemption Strikes Again

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/29/2012

Voices for Rural Living v. El Dorado Irrigation District, Super. Ct. No. PC20080398, (Oct. 4, 2012) The recent Voices for Rural Living v. El Dorado Irrigation District case from the California Court of Appeal’s Third...more

“CEQA’s Unusual Circumstances Exception To Small Structures Categorical Exemption Is Applied By Third District To Water Supply MOU...

by Miller Starr Regalia on 10/19/2012

As the regulated community eagerly awaits completion of briefing at the Supreme Court in the Berkeley Hillside Preservation case, the Courts of Appeal continue to decide CEQA categorical exemption cases – as is their...more

Aboriginal Title Revisited - William V. British Columbia

by Dentons on 9/27/2012

Originally published in Mineral Exploration - Fall 2012. The decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) in William v. British Columbia issued June 27, 2012, is the most recent pronouncement on Aboriginal...more

New Gambling Casino Coming to Miami Area in Broward County: Seminole Tribe Announces Major New Hotel Development Project for...

by Rosa Eckstein Schechter on 9/7/2012

Broward County just got some big news: the Seminole Tribe (the only Indian Tribe to never surrender, for more of their history visit their web site) is planning to build a major new highrise hotel and casino over in Coconut...more

Supreme Court decides Match-E-be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak

by K&L Gates LLP on 7/9/2012

On June 18, 2012, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Match-E-be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak, permitting an individual who owns land near a tribal casino in Michigan to challenge...more

Gaming Legal News - June 29 2012 • Volume 5, Number 16: The Gun Lake Decision: What Does It Mean For Indian Gaming?

by Dickinson Wright on 7/2/2012

By this time, everyone with an interest in gaming, is aware of last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision rendered in the case of Match-EBe-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak. The Tribe is commonly known as the...more

Gaming Legal News - June 21, 2012 • Volume 5, Number 15

by Dickinson Wright on 6/22/2012

In This Issue: - BREAKING NEWS! BREAKING NEWS! Supreme Court Allows Challenge to Gun Lake Tribal Casino to Proceed Forward: On Monday, June 18, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in the closely watched...more

Supreme Court Decision May Make it Easier to Challenge IRA Land-Into-Trust Acquisitions

by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 6/21/2012

On Monday, June 18, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak, 567 U.S. ___ (2012), which could dramatically impact the tribal land-into-trust...more

Real Estate Transactions With Native American Tribes By Adam M. Starr*

by Miller Starr Regalia on 6/6/2012

INTRODUCTION - Commercial contracting with Native American tribes presents a number of complicated and unsettled questions of federal and state law. The increasing visibility of tribal entities in California real estate...more

RE-EVALUATING TRIBAL CUSTOMS OF LAND USE RIGHTS

by John Hoelle on 3/1/2011

Indigenous peoples developed sustainable land tenure systems over countless generations, but these customary systems of rights are barely used by American Indian tribes today. Would increasing formal recognition of these...more

Determined to 'do' Our Part for the Collective Good

by Steve Berman on 10/9/2008

Thomas Jefferson said, "Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing." Since the founding of...more

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