Archive for Category: Supreme Court

No Casino in Plymouth v. NIGC Cert Petition

Here: cert-petitionDownload Questions presented: Did the Ninth Circuit err when it dismissed plaintiffs’ challenge to DOI’s approval of a trust transfer for the Ione Band

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United States Seeks SCOTUS Review of Decisions Awarding Contract Support Costs to Tribal Health Clinics

Here is the petition in Beccera v. Northern Arapaho Tribe: US v NAT Cert Petition.pdfDownload Question presented: Whether IHS must pay “contract support costs” not

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Klamath Irrigation District v. Bureau of Reclamation Cert Petition [Rule 19 & Tribal Immunity]

Here: Klamath Irrigation District Cert Petition.pdfDownload Question presented: Whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19 requires dismissal of an action challenging a federal agency’s use

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ABA SEER “Community Conversation” re: Arizona v. Navajo Nation Supreme Court Argument

Here. Title: Arizona v. Navajo Nation, U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument Debrief Date/Time: April 20, 2023, 12–1 pm Mountain Time. Registration link: https://americanbar.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIqf-uprDgtHNJdop7wBRttqIpyu3j9-Xw2#/registration Description: Last month, the U.S.

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Slockish v. Dept. of Transportation Cert Petition

Here: slockish-petitionDownload Question presented: Whether the Ninth Circuit’s mootness ruling warrants summary reversal where the panel clearly misapprehended governing law on mootness and on the

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Tribal Defendants/Intervenors Brief in Haaland v. Brackeen

Merits brief on behalf of the intervening tribes–Cherokee Nation, Oneida Nation, Quinault Indian Nation, Morongo Band of Mission Indians, Navajo Nation–in the Haaland v. Brackeen

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