35 Cited authorities

Villiarimo v. Aloha Island Air, Inc.
281 F.3d 1054 (9th Cir. 2002) Cited 2,795 times
Holding that summary judgment was appropriate even where the decision-maker's reason is "foolish or trivial or even baseless"
Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez
436 U.S. 49 (1978) Cited 1,404 times 14 Legal Analyses
Holding that a tribe's sovereign immunity barred a suit against the tribe for declaratory and injunctive relief
Kiowa Tribe of Okla. v. Manufacturing Technologies
523 U.S. 751 (1998) Cited 645 times 16 Legal Analyses
Holding that “an Indian tribe is subject to suit only where Congress has authorized the suit or the tribe has waived its immunity”
Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Potawatomi Tribe
498 U.S. 505 (1991) Cited 626 times 10 Legal Analyses
Holding that states have a right to collect taxes on certain cigarette sales on an Indian reservation, but the tribe is immune from suit seeking to enforce that right
Addisu v. Fred Meyer, Inc.
198 F.3d 1130 (9th Cir. 2000) Cited 1,452 times
Holding that § 1985 "prohibits two or more persons from conspiring to deprive any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the law"
Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe
455 U.S. 130 (1982) Cited 366 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that an Indian tribe's power to exclude includes the power to tax nonmembers’ severance of oil and gas from tribal land
Horphag Research Ltd. v. Garcia
475 F.3d 1029 (9th Cir. 2007) Cited 210 times
Recognizing that a district court's determinations at the preliminary injunction stage were "unavailing because such findings were made before discovery was completed and before the evidence was fully developed at trial and were thus not binding on the court at the summary judgment stage"
Cook v. Avi Casino Enters., Inc.
548 F.3d 718 (9th Cir. 2008) Cited 197 times
Holding that a corporation created by a tribe through tribal ordinance and intergovernmental agreement that was wholly owned and managed by the tribe, and from which the benefits flowed to the tribe, enjoyed the tribe's sovereign immunity
Breakthrough Mgmt. Grp., Inc. v. Chukchansi Gold Casino & Resort
629 F.3d 1173 (10th Cir. 2010) Cited 181 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding second factor satisfied where entity is created for the financial benefit of the Tribe
F.T.C. v. Gill
265 F.3d 944 (9th Cir. 2001) Cited 162 times
Holding that defendant failed to counter the FTC's substantial showing that he made statements and created an overall “net impression” of a misleading representation regarding the ability to remove negative information from consumers' credit report, “even if the information was accurate, complete, and not obsolete”
Rule 56 - Summary Judgment
Fed. R. Civ. P. 56 Cited 328,543 times 158 Legal Analyses
Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit

Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians v. State of Washington et al

35 Cited authorities

Holding that summary judgment was appropriate even where the decision-maker's reason is "foolish or trivial or even baseless"

Holding that a tribe's sovereign immunity barred a suit against the tribe for declaratory and injunctive relief

Holding that “an Indian tribe is subject to suit only where Congress has authorized the suit or the tribe has waived its immunity”

Holding that states have a right to collect taxes on certain cigarette sales on an Indian reservation, but the tribe is immune from suit seeking to enforce that right

Holding that § 1985 "prohibits two or more persons from conspiring to deprive any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the law"

Holding that an Indian tribe's power to exclude includes the power to tax nonmembers’ severance of oil and gas from tribal land

Recognizing that a district court's determinations at the preliminary injunction stage were "unavailing because such findings were made before discovery was completed and before the evidence was fully developed at trial and were thus not binding on the court at the summary judgment stage"

Holding that a corporation created by a tribe through tribal ordinance and intergovernmental agreement that was wholly owned and managed by the tribe, and from which the benefits flowed to the tribe, enjoyed the tribe's sovereign immunity

Holding second factor satisfied where entity is created for the financial benefit of the Tribe

Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit