Active Indian-law litigation with economic consequences — sovereign immunity, taxation authority, contracting, trust obligations, and jurisdiction over commerce. Each record carries a plain-language brief on what the case means for your EDC. Outcome alerts arrive with the member alert system.
Trust breach and resource management — the scope of the federal government's enforceable trust obligations in managing tribal resources.
EDC impact What this means for your EDC: Trust-breach cases define when a tribe can hold the United States financially accountable for mismanaging trust resources — land, water, minerals, timber. If the Court takes…
State taxation in Indian Country — whether Oklahoma may impose state income tax on a tribal citizen living and working within reservation boundaries.
EDC impact What this means for your EDC: The Court declined to step in, leaving the lower-court ruling in place and the post-McGirt fight over state income taxation of tribal citizens in eastern Oklahoma…
Federal Arbitration Act — whether and how FAA arbitration obligations apply against a tribal nation in a commercial contract dispute.
EDC impact What this means for your EDC: Every tribal enterprise that signs construction, vendor, or joint-venture contracts negotiates arbitration clauses against the backdrop of sovereign immunity. The Court passing on this case leaves…