2025 Tribal Courts Cases
Last updated: June 25, 2025
Next update should be ready by: July 2, 2025
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Legal Topics: Board of Review Authority; Termination of Employee
Legal Topics: Tribal Council Budget Authority; Tribal Enterprise
April
Legal Topics: Estate Property; Custom and Tradition; Personal Representative
Legal Topics: Estate Property; Custom and Tradition; Oral Wills
Legal Topics: Constitutionality of Legislation; Separation of Powers
Legal Topics: Premises Liability; Open and Obvious Dangerous Condition
March
Legal Topics: Justiciability; Political Question Doctrine
Legal Topics: Public Policy Considerations; Notice of Defective Condition
Legal Topics: Board of Review; Procedural Due Process
In re Pabami
Case No. 25-067-CRV
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Tribal Court.
March 14, 2025
Legal Topics: Tribal Court Rule Violation; Broadcasting in Court
February
Johnson v. Lozeau
No. AP-16-146-DVCS
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Court of Appeals, Montana.
February 25, 2025
Legal Topics: Child Custody; Ex Parte Interviews; Mediation
Charles v. Boyd
2025 WL 984587
NO. MPTC-CV-GC-2021-141
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court.
February 21, 2025
Legal Topics: Civil Assault; Civil Actions Law
Legal Topics: Negligence; Ongoing Storm Doctrine
Legal Topics: Indian Civil Rights Act; Confrontation; Due Process
January
Legal Topics: Nonjusticiable Political Question; Tribal Sovereign Immunity
Legal Topics: Parental Rights; Placement Preferences
Legal Topics: Insufficient Evidence; Indian Status
Legal Topics: Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction; Indian Status
The Tulalip Tribes v. Flores
23 NICS App. 1
NO. TUL-CV-AP-2024-0440 (January 7, 2025)
Tulalip Tribal Court of Appeals.
January 7, 2025
Legal Topics: TTC 2.25.070(7) ("Speedy Trial Statute")
Legal Topics: Discovery; Protective Order