| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Nov 5 2004 |
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 10, 2004) |
| Nov 15 2004 |
Waiver of right of respondent Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation to respond filed. |
| Nov 17 2004 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 3, 2004. |
| Nov 24 2004 |
Brief amicus curiae of Multistate Tax Commission filed. |
| Nov 26 2004 |
Response Requested . (Due December 27, 2004) |
| Dec 10 2004 |
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including January 26, 2005. |
| Jan 25 2005 |
Brief amici curiae of South Dakota, et al. filed. |
| Jan 26 2005 |
Brief of respondent Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in opposition filed. |
| Feb 4 2005 |
Reply of petitioner Stephen S. Richards, Secretary, Kansas Department of Revenue filed. |
| Feb 9 2005 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 25, 2005. |
| Feb 28 2005 |
Petition GRANTED. |
| Mar 31 2005 |
Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including May 12, 2005. Extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including July 14, 2005. |
| May 4 2005 |
Brief amicus curiae of Multistate Tax Commission filed. |
| May 12 2005 |
Joint appendix filed. |
| May 12 2005 |
Brief of petitioner Stephen S. Richards, Secretary, Kansas Department of Revenue filed. |
| May 12 2005 |
Brief amici curiae of National Association of Convenience Stores, et al. filed. |
| May 12 2005 |
Brief amici curiae of South Dakota, et al. filed. |
| Jul 7 2005 |
Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the respondents |
| Jul 13 2005 |
Brief amici curiae of Hoopa Valley Tribe and Colorado River Indian Tribes (Distributed) |
| Jul 14 2005 |
Brief of respondent Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation filed. (Distributed) |
| Jul 14 2005 |
Brief amicus curiae of Inter-Tribal Transportation Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Jul 14 2005 |
Brief amici curiae of National Intertribal Tax Alliance, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jul 14 2005 |
Brief amici curiae of Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jul 14 2005 |
Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed) |
| Jul 18 2005 |
Brief amici curiae of NCAI, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation, et al. filed. (Distributed). |
| Jul 20 2005 |
CIRCULATED. |
| Jul 29 2005 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Aug 3 2005 |
Record received from U.S.C.A. for Tenth Circuit. (1 box) |
| Aug 15 2005 |
Reply of petitioner Stephen S. Richards, Secretary, Kansas Department of Revenue filed. (Distributed) |
| Aug 18 2005 |
Record received from U.S.D.C. for District of Kansas. (1 box) |
| Aug 23 2005 |
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, October 3, 2005. |
| Sep 2 2005 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Oct 3 2005 |
Argued. For petitioner: Theodore B. Olson, Washington, D.C. For respondent: Ian Heath Gershengorn, Washington, D.C.; and Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for the United States, as amicus curiae.) |
| Dec 6 2005 |
Judgment REVERSED Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Souter, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kennedy, J., joined. |
| Dec 29 2005 |
Petition for Rehearing filed. |
| Jan 4 2006 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 20, 2006. |
| Jan 23 2006 |
Rehearing DENIED. |
| Jan 23 2006 |
JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Mar 16 2006 |
Record returned to U.S.C.A. for Tenth Circuit. |
| Mar 16 2006 |
Record returned to U.S.D.C. for the District of Kansas |