No. 22-62

Big Horn County Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Alden Big Man, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-07-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: civil-adjudicatory-jurisdiction electric-cooperative federal-regulation indian-tribes montana-exceptions montana-v-us nonmember-defendant nonmember-regulation subject-matter-jurisdiction tribal-court tribal-jurisdiction
Key Terms:
Privacy
Latest Conference: 2022-12-09 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether an Indian tribal court has subject-matter jurisdiction to adjudicate a tribally created claim as an "other means" of regulating a nonmember federally funded and federally regulated electric cooperative tasked with providing electrical service to all customers within its service territory, including tribal members on Indian reservations?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an Indian tribal court has subject-matter jurisdiction to adjudicate a tribally created claim as an 'other means' of regulating a nonmember federally funded and federally regulated electric cooperative tasked with providing electrical service to all customers within its service territory, including tribal members on Indian reservations?

Docket Entries

2022-12-12
Petition DENIED.
2022-11-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/9/2022.
2022-11-18
Reply of petitioner Big Horn County Electric Cooperative, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2022-11-07
2022-09-20
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 7, 2022.
2022-09-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 7, 2022 to November 7, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-09-07
Response Requested. (Due October 7, 2022)
2022-08-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-08-12
Waiver of right of respondent Alden Big Man to respond filed.
2022-08-11
Waiver of right of respondents Unknown Members of the Crow Tribal Health Board; Kenneth Pitt, Justice of the Crow Tribal Court of Appeals; Dennis Myron Bear Don't Walk, Judge of the Crow Tribal Court, et al. to respond filed.
2022-07-19

Attorneys

Alden Big Man
Michael Glenn BlackBeck Amsden & Stalpes PLLC, Respondent
Alden Big Man, et al.
Adam G. UnikowskyJenner & Block LLP, Respondent
Big Horn County Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Neil G. WestesenCrowley Fleck, PLLP, Petitioner
Unknown Members of the Crow Tribal Health Board; Kenneth Pitt, Justice of the Crow Tribal Court of Appeals; Dennis Myron Bear Don't Walk, Judge of the Crow Tribal Court, et al.
Melody L. McCoyNative American Rights Fund, Respondent