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Timestamp: 2019-07-18 14:21:26
Document Index: 434397073

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 15', '§ 750', 'Case No: 04', 'Case No: 07', 'Case No: 08', 'Case No: 08', 'Case No: 10', 'Case No: 11', '§ 2', '§ 10', '§ 7', '§ 4', '§ 6', '§ 7']

Tribal Court | Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Case No. 18-4723-CR: The People of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians v. Beth Edelberg
Read Opinion and Order dated January 18, 2019
Defendant moved to suppress statements made during an investigatory interview between Defendant and a Pokagon Band Detective. A Pokagon Band Detective questioned Defendant about a missing bank bag in a conference room at the Pokagon Band Administration Building. A few weeks after the interview, the People of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians charged Defendant with one count of larceny in a building over $100.00 in violation of PBCrimO § 15 which requires application of MCL § 750.360. Defendant argued that the statements should be suppressed because the questioning violated her Pokagon Band constitutional rights for the following reasons: (1) the statements were obtained without the presence of counsel; (2) the Pokagon Band Detective did not inform Defendant of her rights prior to questioning; and (3) Defendant’s statements were involuntary made to the Detective. The Tribal Court denied Defendant’s Motion concluding that Defendant’s constitutional rights had not been violated. The Court concluded the following: (1) Defendant had no right to counsel at the time of the interview because formal criminal proceedings had not been initiated against Defendant; (2) the Pokagon Band Detective was not required to inform Defendant of her rights prior to questioning because Defendant was not “in custody” before or during the interview; and (3) Defendant’s statements were voluntary because the Pokagon Band Detective did not conduct the interview in a manner that overwhelmed Defendant’s will, rendering her statements involuntary.
Case No.: 15-3089-GA: In the matter of Adult Guardianship
Read Opinion and Order dated January 27, 2015
A petition for an adult guardianship over an Elder was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction because the Elder did not reside on Tribal Trust Land. The Court explained that the basis of the dismissal is that authority of any court’s jurisdiction has three components: (1) subject matter jurisdiction; (2) personal jurisdiction; and (3) territorial jurisdiction. There are exceptions in some matters where the Court’s jurisdiction is not limited by territory, but this is not that kind of case.
Read Opinion and Order dated July 23, 2011
A candidate for Tribal Chairman in the July 11, 2009 Tribal election filed suit challenging the Election Board’s handling of pre-election mailings and absentee ballots. In a four count complaint, Challenger alleged that 1) his candidate statement was altered before being distributed to voters; 2) corrective measures by the Election Board in mailing corrected statements occurred too late; 3) variations in font sizes led to inequitable space distribution of candidate statements; and 4) the security envelope holding absentee ballot contained voter identifying information in violation of Election Code. The Tribal Court dismissed the challenge finding that neither the Election Board’s actions in response to unintentional errors in printing Candidate Statements nor its policies regarding varying font sizes was unreasonable. The Court also found that Challenger failed to prove that he was harmed by the Board’s actions or present any evidence substantiating his claims regarding the security envelopes.
Consolidated Cases: Case No: 04-001-CV and 04-005-CV: David C. Drake v. Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Tribal Council, and Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians Housing Authority.
Read Opinion and Order dated December 8, 2004
Case No: 07-150-CV: Robert Soderberg v. Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians Tribal Council; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians; Trudy Loeding, Individually; and Tom Wesaw, Jr., Individually.
Read Opinion and Order dated September 23, 2008
Case No: 08-201-CV: H. Timothy Fenderbosch v. Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians Tribal Council and Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians.
Read Opinion and Order dated August 13, 2008
Case No: 08-343-CV: Trena Jones v. Pokagon Gaming Authority, a chartered instrumentality of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians.
Read Opinion and Order dated February 17, 2009
Case No. 10-701-CV: Estate of Rodney Holmes V. Four Winds Casino Resort
Read Opinion and Order dated May 10, 2012
Case No: 10-971-CV: Gypsy Crakes v. Four Winds Casino Resort.
Read Opinion and Order dated March 22, 2011
Case No: 11-1328-CV: Jeanette Borzych v. FOUR WINDS CASINO RESORT, LAKES ENTERTAINMENT, INC., As managers for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, POKAGON BAND OF POTAWATOMI INDIANS, GAMING ENTERPRISE and/or POKAGON GAMING AUTHORITY, A charter Instrumentality of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians.
Read Opinion and Order dated February 15, 2012
Case No. 13-2504-CV: Lois Lucille Dyer v. Four Winds Casino Resort, Pokagon Gaming Enterprise and/or Pokagon Gaming Authority, A charter Instrumentality of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
Read Opinion and Order dated May 6, 2014
Consolidated Cases: Case No's. 14-2709-CV; 14-2710-CV; 14-2711-CV: Marsha Halford v. Four Winds Casino, Christine Guimond, in her official capacity, and Barry Rhodes, in his official capacity.
Read Opinion and Order dated October 23, 2014
Case No.: 14-2905-CO: People v. Bradley G. Engle
Respondent was issued a civil infraction citation for disorderly conduction in violation of the Code of Offenses. Prior to trial, Respondent filed briefs requesting a jury trial, challenging enforceability of a subpoena of Respondent, and seeking to compel the People to produce witness information.
Respondent requested a jury trial pursuant to the civil offense charge; PBCivO § 2.A.; PBCrimO § 10(A)(1)(c). The Court held that § 7(E) of the Tribal Court Code and § 4 of the Court Rules for Civil Infractions limits the right to trial by jury to criminal offenses punishable by imprisonment and that such a limitation was not unconstitutional.
Read Opinion and Order dated December 8, 2014
Respondent challenged whether he was required to be personally present for his hearings if represented by an attorney and whether he could be called to testify by the Band. The Court held that the Rules for Civil Infractions § 6.B excuses a respondent’s presence only for the initial appearance and that respondents in civil infraction proceedings are required to attend all other hearings or be subject to default judgment. The Court also held that Art. XVI(d) of the Pokagon Constitution does not apply to civil infraction proceedings and as such a respondent may be called as a witness by the Presenting Officer.
Read Opinion and Order dated January 15, 201
Respondent sought an order to compel the Presenting Officer to provide the birth date and city and states of residence of witnesses. The Court, citing the lack of discovery provisions for civil infractions cases under Tribal law, denied the motion and held that, pursuant to MCR 2.302(A)(3) (made applicable to the Court by § 7(B) of the Tribal Court Code) discovery is not available in civil infraction proceedings.
Read Opinion and Order dated February 2, 2015
Case No. 10-1094-CO: The People of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians v. Dani Alfred Simon
Read Opinion and Order dated July 21, 2011
Read Opinion and Order dated September 14, 2011