NDN Collective et al v. Retsel Corporation et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

5:22-cv-05027

Court:

South Dakota

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Lawrence L. Piersol

Firms

  1. August 22, 2024

    Judge Trims Indigenous Group's South Dakota Hotel Bias Suit

    A South Dakota federal judge has axed an Indigenous advocacy group's class allegations while holding bids to dismiss civil rights claims against a Rapid City hotel in abeyance in a discrimination lawsuit that alleges that the business threatened to ban all Native Americans patrons following a shooting in one of its rooms.

  2. January 04, 2024

    Indigenous Group Can Add 4 People To SD Hotel Bias Suit

    A South Dakota federal judge has ruled that an Indigenous advocacy group has good cause to file a third amended complaint in its lawsuit accusing a hotel and casino of discriminating against Native American patrons after a fatal shooting on its premises, saying it can add four plaintiffs by name.

  3. February 15, 2023

    Judge Won't Consolidate Racial Bias Suits Against SD Hotel

    A federal judge in South Dakota declined Wednesday to consolidate discovery in two lawsuits, one brought by the Biden administration, accusing a hotel and casino of discriminating against Native American patrons after a fatal shooting on its premises last March.

  4. September 30, 2022

    Native Group Wants Hotel's Counterclaims Nixed In Bias Case

    A Native American advocacy group suing a South Dakota hotel-casino, alleging racial discrimination, urged a federal judge to toss the hotel's counterclaims, saying the establishment and its manager are not the victims in the case. 

  5. April 20, 2022

    Native Group Suing SD Hotel Over Racial Bias Leads Boycott

    A group representing Native American interests that hit a South Dakota hotel-casino with a federal civil rights lawsuit last month is now leading a boycott against the owners, urging customers and vendors to hold them accountable for their alleged discrimination against Indigenous people.

  6. March 29, 2022

    Tribe Asks DOJ To Probe Hotel's Alleged Native American Ban

    The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's chairwoman has urged U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to launch an investigation into a South Dakota hotelier's recent threats on social media to ban all Native Americans from the premises following a shooting in one of her hotel-casino's rooms.

  7. March 25, 2022

    Native American Group Sues SD Hotel Over Racial Bias

    A nonprofit group representing Native American interests has hit a Rapid City, South Dakota, hotel and casino with a civil rights lawsuit in federal court, claiming that the business threatened to ban all Native people from the premises following a shooting in one of its rooms.