Oneida Nation v. Village of Hobart, Wisconsin

  1. September 21, 2020

    7th Circ. Won't Rethink Oneida Festival Permit Ruling

    The Seventh Circuit on Friday stood by its decision that the Oneida Nation doesn't need a permit from a Wisconsin village to hold its annual apple festival, rejecting the village's request to revisit the issue.

  2. September 01, 2020

    Wis. Tribe Says 7th Circ. Shouldn't Rethink Apple Fest Ruling

    The Oneida Nation has urged the Seventh Circuit not to revisit its ruling that the tribe's apple festival doesn't need a Wisconsin village's permit, saying there's no point in sending the case back to a lower court to weigh arguments it has already found lacking.

  3. August 17, 2020

    Wis. Town Urges 7th Circ. To Revisit Oneida Festival Ruling

    A Wisconsin village has urged the Seventh Circuit to rethink its decision that the Oneida Nation's Big Apple Fest doesn't need a village permit, saying a lower court should weigh whether a town ordinance applies even though the event was found to take place within the tribe's reservation.

  4. July 30, 2020

    7th Circ. Sides With Oneida Tribe In Wis. Reservation Dispute

    The Seventh Circuit on Thursday reversed a lower court's ruling, saying the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin's annual Big Apple Fest does not need a permit from a local village because it takes place on undiminished reservation land.

  5. April 13, 2020

    Wis. Tribe Says Diminished Land Finding Upsets Case Law

    A Wisconsin federal judge upset century-old U.S. Supreme Court precedent protecting tribal boundaries when he held that the Oneida Nation's reservation had been diminished from the 65,000 acres it once claimed, the Seventh Circuit heard Monday.

  6. November 05, 2019

    Wis. Village Tells 7th Circ. Tribe Needs Apple Fest Permit

    A Wisconsin village told the Seventh Circuit in a suit by the Oneida Nation that the tribe must get a municipal permit for its widely attended apple festival, saying its reservation has diminished to the point that the event is subject to the village's special event ordinance.

  7. September 24, 2019

    Wisconsin, Native Groups Back Tribe In Village Permit Dispute

    Wisconsin and two Native American groups have filed new briefs to support the Oneida Nation in its Seventh Circuit appeal of a ruling that compels it to get a village's permission to stage an apple festival.

  8. September 20, 2019

    Wis. Tribe's Reservation Wasn't Shrunk, Feds Tell 7th Circ.

    The federal government offered its support to the Oneida Nation as the tribe fights to reverse a determination that its reservation was diminished in size, telling the Seventh Circuit that U.S. Supreme Court precedent shows allotments of tribal land do not shrink reservations. 

  9. September 16, 2019

    Wis. Tribe Tells 7th Circ. Its Reservation Wasn't Shrunk

    The Oneida Nation urged the Seventh Circuit to overturn a ruling that the tribe must get a Wisconsin village's permit to stage an apple festival, saying the tribe's treaty-established reservation hadn't been reduced in size and therefore still included the location of the event.