No. 00-507 Status: DECIDED
Title: Chickasaw Nation, Petitioner
v.
United States
Docketed:          Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
October 3, 2000 (99-7042)

~~Date~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oct 3 2000Petition for writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 2, 2001)
Oct 24 2000 Order extending time to file brief of respondent on the merits
until December 4, 2000.
Dec 1 2000 Order further extending time to file brief of respondent on the
merits until January 2, 2001.
Dec 22 2000Brief of respondent United States filed.
Dec 29 2000 Motion of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community, et al.
for leave to file a brief as amici curiae filed.
Jan 3 2001 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 19, 2001
Jan 4 2001Opposition of petitioners to motion of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux
(Dakota) Community, et al. for leave to file a brief as amici
curiae filed.
Jan 22 2001 Motion of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community, et al.
for leave to file a brief as amici curiae GRANTED.
Jan 22 2001 Petition GRANTED.
SET FOR ARGUMENT October 2, 2001.
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Feb 16 2001 Order extending time to file petitioner's brief on the merits to
and including April 9, 2001. Order extending time to file
respondent's brief on the merits to and including June 11, 2001.
Mar 14 2001 Motion of petitioners to dispense with printing the joint appendix
filed.
Mar 16 2001 Motion of petitioner for leave to dispense with printing of the
joint appendix DISTRIBUTED.
Mar 19 2001 Motion of petitioners to dispense with printing the joint appendix
GRANTED.
Apr 4 2001Brief amici curiae of Lower Sioux Indian Community of Minnesota, et
al. filed.
Apr 5 2001Brief of petitioner Chickasaw Nation and Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
filed.
Apr 6 2001Brief amicus curiae of Muscogee (Creek) Nation filed.
Apr 9 2001Brief amici curiae of Seminole Tribe of Florida, et al. filed.
Apr 9 2001Brief amicus curiae of San Carlos Apache Tribe filed.
Apr 9 2001Brief amicus curiae of San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians
filed.
Apr 9 2001Brief amici curiae of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community,
et al. filed.
Jun 1 2001 Order further extending time to file respondent's brief on the
merits to and including June 21, 2001.
Jun 21 2001Brief amici curiae of Ledyard, North Stonington and Preston,
Connecticut filed.
Jun 21 2001Brief of respondent United States filed.
Jul 18 2001Reply brief of petitioners Chickasaw Nation and Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma filed.
Jul 25 2001 CIRCULATED.
Sep 4 2001 Record filed.
Sep 19 2001 Record filed.
Oct 1 2001 Record filed.
Oct 2 2001 ARGUED.
Nov 27 2001 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the
Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Stevens, Kennedy, and
Ginsburg, JJ., joined, and in all but Part II-B of which Scalia
and Thomas, JJ., joined. O'Connor, J., filed a dissenting opinion,
in which Souter, J., joined.
Dec 27 2001 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Apr 18 2002 Record returned to the USCA for the Tenth Circuit.
Jun 14 2002 Record returned to the USDC E. Dist. of Oklahoma.
 


~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Graydon Dean Luthey Jr. Hall, Estill, et al. 9185940400
320 South Boston Ave., #400
Tulsa, OK 74103-3708
Party name: Chickasaw Nation
 
Bob W. Rabon Rabon, Wolf & Rabon 5803266427
P.O. Box 726
Hugo, OK 74743
 
Attorneys for Respondent:
Solicitor General U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, DC 20530
Party name: United States
 
Other Attorneys:
Mary J. Streitz Dorsey & whitney 6123407813
220 South Sixth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Party name: Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community, et al.
 
James M. Schoessler Suite 246 Iris Park Place 6516444710
1885 University Ave. West
St. Paul, MN 55104
Party name: Lower Sioux Indian Community of Minnesota, et al.
 
Hans Walker Jr. Hobbs Stauss Dean Walker 2028228282
2120 L Street, NW, #700
Washington, DC 20037
Party name: Seminole Tribe of Florida, et al.
 
Richard T. Treon Treon Strick Lucia Aguirre 6022854400
2700 North Central Ave., #1400
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Party name: San Carlos Apache Tribe
 
L. Susan Work Muscogee Creek Nation Justice 9187568700
P.O. Box 580
Okmulgee, OK 74447
Party name: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
 
Jerome L. Levine 633 West Fifth Street 2138962400
21st Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Party name: San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians
 
Benjamin S. Sharp Perkins Coie 2026286600
607 Fourteenth St., NW
Washington, DC 20005-2011
Party name: Ledyard, North Stonington and Preston, Connecticut