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Docket for 09-846
No. 09-846
Title:
United States, Petitioner
v.
Tohono O'odham Nation
Docketed:January 15, 2010
Linked with 09A435
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  Case Nos.:(2008-5043)
  Decision Date:March 16, 2009
  Rehearing Denied:August 18, 2009
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nov 6 2009 Application (09A435) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 16, 2009 to December 16, 2009, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Nov 9 2009 Application (09A435) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 16, 2009.
Dec 4 2009 Application (09A435) to extend further the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 16, 2009 to January 15, 2010, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Dec 4 2009 Application (09A435) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until January 15, 2010.
Jan 15 2010 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 16, 2010)
Jan 27 2010 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 18, 2010.
Mar 18 2010 Brief of respondent Tohono O'odham Nation in opposition filed.
Mar 31 2010 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 16, 2010.
Apr 2 2010 Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
Apr 19 2010 Petition GRANTED.
May 6 2010 The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 29, 2010.
May 6 2010 The time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 19, 2010.
May 6 2010 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner United States.
May 24 2010 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Jun 29 2010 Further extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including July 1, 2010.
Jun 29 2010 Further extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including August 20, 2010.
Jul 1 2010 Brief of petitioner United States filed.
Jul 7 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Gregory C. Sisk in support of neither party filed.
Jul 28 2010 Further extension of time to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including August 27, 2010.
Aug 16 2010 CIRCULATED.
Aug 24 2010 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, November 1, 2010.
Aug 27 2010 Brief of respondent Tohono O'odham Nation filed. (Distributed)
Sep 2 2010 Record received from U.S.C.A. for Federal Circuit. (1 box)
Sep 3 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. (Distributed).
Sep 3 2010 Brief amici curiae of Colorado River Indian Tribes, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 3 2010 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Home Builders filed. (Distributed).
Sep 3 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Osage Nation filed. (Distributed)
Sep 7 2010 Justice Kagan is recused in this case.
Sep 27 2010 Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
Nov 1 2010 Argued. For petitioner: Anthony A. Yang, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Danielle Spinnelli, Washington, D. C.
Apr 26 2011 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Thomas, and Alito, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Breyer, J., joined. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Kagan, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
May 31 2011 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jun 10 2011 Record returned to U.S.C.A. for Federal Circuit.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Neal Kumar Katyal Acting Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ
Party name: United States
 
Elena Kagan Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States
 
Anthony Alan Yang Office of the Solicitor General (202)-514-4821
950 Pennsylvania Ave.NW
Room 5615
Washington, DC  20530-0001
Party name: United States
Attorneys for Respondent:
Seth P. Waxman Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6000
    Counsel of Record1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Tohono O'odham Nation
 
Keith M. Harper Kilpatrick Stockton LLP(202) 824-1448
607 14th Street, N.W., 9th Floor
Washington, DC  20005
kharper@kilpatrickstockton.com
Party name: Tohono O'odham Nation
 
Danielle Spinelli Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6000
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20006
danielle.spinelli@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Tohono O'odham Nation
Other:
Steven D. Gordon Holland & Knight, LLP(202) 457-7038
2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 100
Washington, DC  20006
steven.gordon@hklaw.com
Party name: Colorado River Indian Tribes, et al.
 
Jonathan L. Marcus Covington & Burling, LLP(202) 662-6000
1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20004
jmarcus@cov.com
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
 
Patricia A. Millett Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP(202) 887-4000
1333 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036-1564
pmillett@akingump.com
Party name: Osage Nation
 
Gregory C. Sisk University of St. Thomas School of Law(651) 962-4923
1000 LaSalle Ave.
Minneapolis, MA  22043
gcsisk@stthomas.edu
Party name: Professor Gregory C. Sisk in support of neither party
 
Robert H. Thomas Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert(808) 531-8031
1003 Bishop Street
1600 Pauahi Tower
Honolulu, HI  96813
rht@hawaiilawyer.com
Party name: National Association of Home Builders

 

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