2025 Federal Courts Cases

Last updated: February 19, 2025

Next update should be ready by:
February 26, 2025

Recently Added Cases:

Waukegan Potawatomi Casino, LLC v. City of Waukegan
2025 WL 446344
No. 24-1751
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
February 14, 2025

Legal Topics: Equal Protection Clause; Section 1983

 

Navajo Nation, et al. v. United States
2025 WL 495325
No. 21-1746
United States Court of Federal Claims.
February 13, 2025

Legal Topics: Standing; Trust Relationship

 

Sovereign Natchez Nation, et al. v. Riverside County Department of Social Services Children Protective Services, et al.
2025 WL 485520
No. 24-925
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
February 13, 2025

Legal Topics: Indian Child Welfare Act; Recognition

 

United States v. Whipple-Wright
Materials via Turtle Talk
2025 WL 486942
3:24-CR-30050-ECS
United States District Court, D. South Dakota, Central Division.
February 13, 2025

Legal Topics: Major Crimes Act (MCA); Miranda Rights; Tribal Enrollment Status

 

Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, et al. v. Madore, et al.
Materials via Turtle Talk
2025 WL 467589
No. 23-1257, No. 23-1261, No. 23-1265
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
February 12, 2025

Legal Topics: Treaty Rights; Disestablishment; Mootness

 

Montgomery v. Seminole Hard Rock Digital, LLC
2025 WL 310163
Case No: 8:24-cv-1062-KKM-TGW
United States District Court, M.D. Florida.
February 10, 2025

Legal Topics: Intervention; Sovereign Immunity

 

United States v. Whipple-Wright
2025 WL 491468
3:24-CR-30050-ECS
United States District Court, D. South Dakota, Central Division.
January 28, 2025

Legal Topics: Major Crimes Act (MCA); Miranda Rights; Tribal Enrollment Status

 

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Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation v. Morse, et al.
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2025 WL 446344
CIVIL ACTION No. 24-4066-KHV
United States District Court, D. Kansas.
February 10, 2025

Legal Topics: Civil Jurisdiction; Article III Standing

 

United States, et al. v. State of Washington, et al.
2025 WL 388414
Case No. C70-9213RSM
SUBPROCEEDING NO. 24-01 RSM
United States District Court, W.D. Washington.
February 4, 2025

Legal Topics: Treaty Fishing Rights; Usual and Accustomed Fishing Places; Skagit River

 

January

Duwamish Tribe, et al. v. Haaland, et al.
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2025 WL 296593
CASE NO. C17-5668 MJP
United States District Court, W.D. Washington.
January 30, 2025

Legal Topics: Federal Recognition; Voluntary Remand

 

Schmasow v. Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa of Montana
2025 WL 345824
Cause No. CV 24-41-BLG-SPW-TJC
United States District Court, D. Montana, BILLINGS DIVISION.
January 30, 2025

Legal Topics: Habeas Corpus; Membership; Exhaustion of Tribal Remedies

 

Temple v. Mercier, et al.
Materials via Turtle Talk
2025 WL 311816
No. 24-1217
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
January 28, 2025

Legal Topics: Tribal Exhaustion Doctrine; Livestock Grazing Permits

 

Unkechaug Indian Nation v. Seggos
Materials via Turtle Talk
2025 WL 310163
No. 23-1013-cv
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
January 28, 2025

Legal Topics: State Sovereign Immunity; Article VI Debts and Engagements Clause; Supremacy Clause

 

Village of Hobart, WI v. United States Department of The Interior
2025 WL 315091
Case No. 23-C-1511
United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.
January 28, 2025

Legal Topics: Land Into Trust; Discovery

 

Chinook Indian Nation, et al. v. Haaland, et al.
Materials via Turtle Talk
2025 WL 296593
CASE NO. C17-5668 MJP
United States District Court, W.D. Washington.
January 24, 2025

Legal Topics: Federal Recognition; Attorneys' Fees

 

Sierra Club, et al. v. United States Department of Transportation, et al.
2025 WL 223869
No. 20-1317
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
January 17, 2025

Legal Topics: National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); Ripeness; Article III Standing

 

Sleighter v. United States
2025 WL 238880
5:24-CV-05014-RAL
United States District Court, D. South Dakota, Western Division, WESTERN DIVISION.
January 17, 2025

Legal Topics: Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA); Discretionary Function Exception

 

United States v. Jefferson
Materials via Turtle Talk
2025 WL 97378
CASE NO. 2:23-cr-00109-LK
United States District Court, W.D. Washington.
January 12, 2025

Legal Topics: Expert Testimony; Tribal Law Enforcement

 

Saiz v. Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Rincon Reservation, et al.
2025 WL 77058
Case No. 24-cv-00905-BAS-MSB
United States District Court, S.D. California.
January 10, 2025

Legal Topics: Exhaustion of Tribal Remedies; Motion to Stay

 

Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria v. Haaland, et al.
Materials via Turtle Talk
2025 WL 271276
Case No. 24-cv-08582-RFL
United States District Court, N.D. California.
January 10, 2025

Legal Topics: Land Into Trust; National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)

 

Barton v. Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
Materials via Turtle Talk
2025 WL 45623
No. 23-15902
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
January 8, 2025

Legal Topics: Administrative Procedure Act (APA); Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974

 

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. CashCall, Inc., et al.
Materials via Turtle Talk
2025 WL 22135
No. 23-55259
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
January 3, 2025

Legal Topics: Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA); Tribal Incorporation

 

Portland General Electric Company v. State of Oregon, et al.
2025 WL 27252
Case No. 3:22-cv-533-SI
United States District Court, D. Oregon.
January 3, 2025

Legal Topics: Eminent Domain; Perpetual Cultural Practices Easement

 

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