| No. 20-543 Vide 20-544 | |
| Title: | Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, Petitioner v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al. |
| Docketed: | October 26, 2020 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (20-5204, 20-5205, 20-5209) |
| Decision Date: | September 25, 2020 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Oct 23 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 25, 2020) |
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| Nov 04 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of State of Alaska filed. VIDED. |
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| Nov 13 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 25, 2020 to December 16, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Nov 16 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 16, 2020, for all respondents. |
| Nov 18 2020 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by US Senators Lisa Murkowski, et al. VIDED. |
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| Nov 23 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Alaska Federation of Natives filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 16 2020 | Brief of respondents Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al., et al. in opposition filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 16 2020 | Brief of respondents Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 16 2020 | Brief of respondents Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in opposition filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 18 2020 | Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 15.5. filed. |
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| Dec 23 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021. |
| Dec 28 2020 | Reply of petitioner Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 08 2021 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by US Senators Lisa Murkowski, et al. GRANTED. |
| Jan 08 2021 | Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 20-544 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED. |
| Jan 08 2021 | Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 20-543. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 20-543. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.” |
| Feb 22 2021 | Brief of petitioner Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury filed. VIDED. |
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| Feb 22 2021 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed 5/12/21). VIDED. |
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| Feb 22 2021 | Brief of petitioners Alaska Native Village Corporation Association, Inc., et al. filed. (in No. 20-544) |
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| Feb 26 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of State of Alaska filed. VIDED. |
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| Feb 26 2021 | Brief amici curiae of US Senators Lisa Murkowski, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Alaska Federation of Natives filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Association of Alaska Housing Authorities filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Cook Inlet Region, Inc. filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 12 2021 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 19, 2021. VIDED. |
| Mar 15 2021 | Record requested. |
| Mar 16 2021 | The record received from the U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts is electronic and located on Pacer. |
| Mar 16 2021 | The record from the U.S.C.A. D.C. Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer. |
| Mar 24 2021 | Brief of respondents Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 24 2021 | Brief of respondent Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 30 2021 | CIRCULATED |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Representative Raúl M. Grijalva filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Five Indian Tribes filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of National Congress of American Indians, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of States of Utah, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Professors and Historians filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 31 2021 | Motion for divided argument filed by petitioners Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury. VIDED. |
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| Mar 31 2021 | Motion for divided argument filed by respondent Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation. VIDED. |
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| Apr 07 2021 | Response to motion of Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation from respondents Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Apr 09 2021 | Reply of petitioner Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 09 2021 | Reply of petitioners Alaska Native Village Corporation Association, Inc., et al. filed (in No. 20-544). (Distributed) |
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| Apr 15 2021 | Supplemental response of the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al. filed in support of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation motion for divided argument. VIDED. |
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| Apr 16 2021 | Motion for divided argument filed by petitioner GRANTED. VIDED. |
| Apr 16 2021 | Motion for divided argument filed by Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation DENIED. VIDED. |
| Apr 19 2021 | Argued. For petitioner in 20-543: Matthew Guarnieri, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For petitioners in 20-544: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Jeffrey S. Rasmussen, Louisville, Colo. VIDED. |
| Apr 20 2021 | Letter from counsel for Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Apr 22 2021 | Letter of petitioners Alaska Native Village Corporation Association, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Apr 23 2021 | Letter of petitioner Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury filed. VIDED. |
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| Apr 23 2021 | Letter to the Clerk of the Court from the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation of Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation not accepted for filing. (April 30, 2021) |
| May 12 2021 | Letter of petitioner Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury notifying Court of April 30, 2021 Dept. of Treasury revised methodology filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Jun 25 2021 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Breyer, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined, and in which Alito, J., joined as to Parts I, II–C, II–D, III, and IV. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas and Kagan, JJ., joined. VIDED. |
| Jul 27 2021 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Paul D. Clement Counsel of Record | Kirkland & Ellis LLP 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 paul.clement@kirkland.com | 2023895000 |
| Party name: Alaska Native Village Corporation Association, Inc., et al. | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar Counsel of Record | Acting Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Nicole E. Ducheneaux Counsel of Record | Big Fire Law & Policy Group LLP 1404 Fort Crook South Bellevue, NE 68005 nducheneaux@bigfirelaw.com | 4064934693 |
| Party name: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe | ||
| Riyaz Amir Kanji Counsel of Record | Kanji & Kantzen, PLLC 303 Detroit Street Suite 400 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 rkanji@kanjikatzen.com | 734-769-5400 |
| Party name: Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al. | ||
| Jeffrey Scott Rasmussen Counsel of Record | Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP 1900 Plaza Drive Louisville, CO 80027 jrasmussen@nativelawgroup.com | 303-926-5292 |
| Party name: Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation | ||
| Other | ||
| Melissa Ann Holyoak Counsel of Record | Utah Attorney General's Office 160 E. 300 S. 5th Floor Salt Lake City, UT 84114 melissaholyoak@agutah.gov | 5738235377 |
| Party name: Utah | ||
| Hyland Hunt Counsel of Record | Deutsch Hunt PLLC 300 New Jersey Ave., NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 hhunt@deutschhunt.com | 2028686915 |
| Party name: Association of Alaska Housing Authorities | ||
| Allon Kedem Counsel of Record | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 601 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20001 allon.kedem@arnoldporter.com | 2029426234 |
| Party name: Cook Inlet Region, Inc. | ||
| James Hardwick Lister Counsel of Record | Birch Horton Bittner and Cherot, P.C. 1100 Connecticut Ave., NW Washington, DC 20036 jlister@dc.bhb.com | 2028628368 |
| Party name: Alaska Federation of Natives | ||
| Margaret Crow Rosenfeld Counsel of Record | Forman & Associates 4340 Redwood Highway, Suite E352 San Rafael, CA 94903 ann@gformanlaw.com | 4154912310 |
| Party name: Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria, 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: Professors and Historians | ||
| Alan Evan Schoenfeld Counsel of Record | Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP 7 World Trade Center, 250 World Trade Center New York, NY 10007 alan.schoenfeld@wilmerhale.com | (212) 230-8800 |
| Party name: Representative Raúl M. Grijalva | ||
| Kaighn Smith Jr. Counsel of Record | Drummond Woodsum 84 Marginal Way Suite 600 Portland, ME 04101 ksmith@dwmlaw.com | 207-772-1941 |
| Party name: National Congress of American Indians, et al. | ||
| Christine Victoria Williams Counsel of Record | Outlook Law, LLC 1016 West 6th Avenue Suite 306 Anchorage, AK 99501 christinewilliams@outlooklaw.com | 9072582200 |
| Party name: US Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and US Congressman Don Young | ||
| Laura Emily Wolff Counsel of Record | The State of Alaska 1031 West 4th Ave., Suite 200 Anchorage, AK 99501 laura.wolff@alaska.gov | 907-269-5100 |
| Party name: State of Alaska | ||