| No. 17-532 | |
| Title: | Clayvin Herrera, Petitioner v. Wyoming |
| Docketed: | October 10, 2017 |
| Linked with 17A158 | |
| Lower Ct: | District Court of Wyoming, Sheridan County |
| Case Numbers: | (2016-242) |
| Decision Date: | April 25, 2017 |
| Discretionary Court Decision Date: | June 6, 2017 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Aug 07 2017 | Application (17A158) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 4, 2017 to October 5, 2017, submitted to Justice Sotomayor. |
| Aug 09 2017 | Application (17A158) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until October 5, 2017. |
| Oct 05 2017 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 9, 2017) |
| Oct 12 2017 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Clayvin Herrera |
| Oct 24 2017 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Wyoming |
| Nov 08 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Indian Law Professors filed. |
| Nov 09 2017 | Brief of respondent Wyoming in opposition filed. |
| Nov 09 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Crow Tribe of Indians filed. |
| Nov 09 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Timothy P. McCleary, et al. filed. |
| Nov 28 2017 | Reply of petitioner Clayvin Herrera filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 29 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018. |
| Jan 08 2018 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. |
| May 22 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Certificate of Word CountMain Document | |
| Jun 05 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/21/2018. |
| Jun 05 2018 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Clayvin Herrera filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jun 05 2018 | Supplemental brief of respondent Wyoming filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jun 27 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/27/2018. |
| Jun 28 2018 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jul 30 2018 | Motion for an extension of time to file the opening briefs on the merits filed. |
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| Jul 31 2018 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Clayvin Herrera. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Aug 02 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file the opening briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 4, 2018. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 22, 2018. |
| Aug 27 2018 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, State of Wyoming |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Sep 04 2018 | Joint appendix filed. |
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| Sep 04 2018 | Brief of petitioner Clayvin Herrera filed. |
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| Sep 10 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Eastern Shoshone Tribe filed. |
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| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Southern Ute Indian Tribe and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe filed. |
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| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation filed. |
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| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Proof of ServiceMain Document | |
| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Natural Resources Law Professors filed. |
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| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Pacific and Inland Northwest Treaty Tribes filed. |
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| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Timothy P. McCleary, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Crow Tribe of Indians filed. |
| Main DocumentOtherCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amici curiae of National Congress of American Indians, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Indian Law Professors filed. |
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| Oct 03 2018 | Motion of Clayvin Herrera for an extension of time not accepted for filing. (Corrected motion submitted - October 12, 2018) |
| Oct 11 2018 | Motion for a further extension of time to file respondent's brief on the merits filed. |
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| Oct 12 2018 | Motion for a further extension of time to file respondent's brief on the merits granted and the time is extended to and including November 13, 2018. |
| Nov 13 2018 | Brief of respondent Wyoming filed. |
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| Nov 15 2018 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Proof of ServiceMain Document | |
| Nov 20 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 20 2018 | Brief amici curiae of States of Nebraska, Kansas, Louisiana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Texas filed. |
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| Nov 20 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies filed. |
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| Nov 20 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Wyoming Stock Growers Association, et al. filed. |
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| Nov 20 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Safari Club International filed. |
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| Nov 20 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Citzen Equal Rights Foundation, Mille Lacs Equal Rights Foundation, City of Wakhon, Minnesota filed. |
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| Nov 28 2018 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, January 8, 2019 |
| Nov 30 2018 | CIRCULATED |
| Dec 03 2018 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Dec 11 2018 | Record requested from U.S.D.C. Wyoming, Sheridan County. |
| Dec 13 2018 | Reply of petitioner Clayvin Herrera filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 27 2018 | Record from the District Court Wyoming, Sheridan County received (2 boxes). |
| Jan 08 2019 | Argued. For petitioner: George W. Hicks, Jr., Washington, D. C.; and Frederick Liu, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: John G. Knepper, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Cheyenne, Wyo. |
| May 20 2019 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. |
| Jun 24 2019 | Record from District Court Wyoming, Sheridan County was returned. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| George William Hicks Jr. Counsel of Record | Kirkland & Ellis LLP 655 Fifteenth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20001 george.hicks@kirkland.com | (202) 879-5000 |
| Party name: Clayvin Herrera | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Peter K. Michael Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General, 2320 Capitol Avenue Cheyenne, WY 82002 peter.michael@wyo.gov | 307-777-7841 |
| Party name: Wyoming | ||
| Other | ||
| M. Carol Bambery Counsel of Record | Association of Fish and Wildlife 444 N. Capitol Street NW Suite 725 Washington, DC 20001 cbambery@fishwildlife.org | 2405156134 |
| Party name: Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies | ||
| Jennifer A. MacLean Counsel of Record | Perkins Coie LLP 700 13th Street N.W., Suite 600 Washington, DC 20005 jmaclean@perkinscoie.com | 202-654-6200 |
| Party name: Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and Conservation, Hunting, Fishing, and Outfitter and Guide Associations | ||
| Monte Tyler Mills Counsel of Record | Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana 32 Campus Drive Missoula, MO 59812 monte.mills@umantana.edu | 406)243-2544 |
| Party name: Indian Law Professors | ||
| Ashley C. Parrish Counsel of Record | 1700 Pensylvania Ave., NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20006-2706 aparrish@kslaw.com | 202-737-0500 |
| Party name: Timothy P. McCleary, et al. | ||
| William Francis Bacon Counsel of Record | 1600 Arlington Pocatello, ID 83204 bbacon@sbtribes.com | (208) 478-3822 |
| Party name: Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation | ||
| Noel J. Francisco | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Gary Russell Leistico Counsel of Record | Rinke-Noonan 1015 W. St. Germain Street, Suite 300 PO Box 1497 St. Cloud, MN 56301 gleistico@rinkenoonan.com | 320-251-6700 |
| Party name: Citzen Equal Rights Foundation, Mille Lacs Equal Rights Foundation, City of Wakhon, Minnesota | ||
| Daniel David Lewerenz | 1514 P Street NW, Suite D Washington, DC 20005 lewerenz@narf.org | 202 785 4166 |
| Party name: Crow Tribe of Indians | ||
| David Andrew Lopez Counsel of Record | Office of the Nebraska Attorney General 2115 State Capitol Lincoln, NE 68509 dave.lopez@nebraska.gov | 402-471-2682 |
| Party name: States of Nebraska, Kansas, Louisiana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Texas | ||
| William Perry Pendley Counsel of Record | Mountain States Legal Foundation 2596 S. Lewis Way Lakewook, CO 80227 wppendley@mountainstateslegal.com | 303-292-2021 |
| Party name: Wyoming Stock Growers Association, et al. | ||
| Colette Routel Counsel of Record | Mitchell Hamline School of Law 875 Summit Avenue St. Paul, MN 55105 colette.routel@mitchellhamline.edu | 6512906327 |
| Party name: Natural Resources Law Professors | ||
| Anna M. Seidman Counsel of Record | Safari Club International 501 2nd Street NE Washington, DC 20002 aseidman@safariclub.org | 202-543-8733 |
| Party name: Safari Club International | ||
| Thomas Harrold Shipps Counsel of Record | Maynes, Bradford, Shipps et al 835 E. Second Avenue Suite 123 Durango, CO 81301 tshipps@mbssllp.com | 9702471755 |
| Party name: Southern Ute Indian Tribe and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe | ||
| Marc D. Slonim Counsel of Record | Ziontz Chestnut 2101 Fourth Avenue Suite 1230 Seattle, WA 98121 mslonim@ziontzchestnut.com | 2064481230 |
| Party name: National Congress of American Indians | ||
| Rob Roy Smith Counsel of Record | KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP 1420 Fifth Ave. Suite 3700 Seattle, WA 98101 jblack@kilpatricktownsend.com | 206-467-9600 |
| Party name: PACIFIC AND INLAND NORTHWEST TREATY TRIBES | ||
| Richard G. Verri Counsel of Record | Rosette, LLP Attorneys at Law 565 W. Chandler Blvd., Suite 212 Chandler, AZ 85225 rverri@rosettelaw.com | 4808898990 |
| Party name: Eastern Shoshone Tribe | ||
| Heather Daphne Whiteman Runs Him Counsel of Record | Native American Rights Fund 1506 Broadway Boulder, CO 80302 heatherw@narf.org | 3034478760 |
| Party name: Crow Tribe of Indians | ||