No. 12-515
Title:
Michigan, Petitioner
v.
Bay Mills Indian Community, et al.
Docketed:October 25, 2012
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(11-1413)
  Decision Date:August 15, 2012
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oct 23 2012 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 26, 2012)
Nov 3 2012 Waiver of right of respondent Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians to respond filed.
Nov 26 2012 Brief of respondent Bay Mills Indian Community in opposition filed.
Dec 6 2012 Reply of petitioner Michigan filed.
Dec 12 2012 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 4, 2013.
Jan 7 2013 The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
May 14 2013 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
May 24 2013 Supplemental brief of petitioner Michigan filed.
May 28 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 13, 2013.
Jun 17 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 20, 2013.
Jun 24 2013 Petition GRANTED.
Jul 26 2013 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 30, 2013.
Jul 26 2013 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 24, 2013.
Aug 30 2013 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Aug 30 2013 Brief of petitioner Michigan filed.
Sep 6 2013 Brief amicus curiae of State of Oklahoma filed.
Sep 6 2013 Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed.
Sep 17 2013 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, December 2, 2013.
Sep 17 2013 CIRCULATED
Sep 19 2013 Record from U.S.C.A. for 6th Circuit is electronic (Not on PACER).
Sep 19 2013 Record from U.S.D.C. for Western District of Michigan is electronic and located on PACER.
Oct 17 2013 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent.
Oct 22 2013 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
Oct 24 2013 Brief of respondent Bay Mills Indian Community filed. (Distributed)
Oct 24 2013 Letter proposing a lodging of a copy of arguments and decision in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in Chadick v. Duncan, No.15,317 (D.C. March 2, 1894) received from counsel for the respondent. (Distributed)
Oct 31 2013 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
Oct 31 2013 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Oct 31 2013 Brief amici curiae of National Congress of American Indians, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 31 2013 Brief amici curiae of Seminole Tribe of Florida, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 31 2013 Brief amici curiae of Scholars of American Indian Law filed. (Distributed)
Nov 5 2013 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party received from respondent Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians.
Nov 18 2013 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Nov 22 2013 Reply of petitioner Michigan filed. (Distributed)
Dec 2 2013 Argued. For petitioner: John J. Bursch, Michigan Solicitor General, Lansing, Mich. For respondents: Neal Kumar Katyal, Washington, D. C.; and Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
May 27 2014 Judgment is affirmed and case remanded. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a concurring opinion. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Scalia, Ginsburg, and Alito, JJ., joined. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Jun 30 2014 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Aaron D. Lindstrom Solicitor General(517) 373-1124
    Counsel of Record Michigan Department of Attorney General
P.O. Box 30212
Lansing, MI  48909
LindstromA@michigan.gov
Party name: Michigan
 
Attorneys for Respondents:
Neal Kumar Katyal Hogan Lovells US LLP(202) 637-5600
    Counsel of Record555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20004
neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com
Party name: Bay Mills Indian Community
 
Conly J. Schulte Fredericks Peebles & Morgan LLP(303) 673-9600
    Counsel of Record1900 Plaza Drive
Louisville, CO  80027
cschulte@ndnlaw.com
Party name: Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
 
Kathryn L. Tierney Tribal Attorney(906) 248-3241
Bay Mills Indian Community
12140 West Lakeshore Drive
Brimley, MI  49715
candyt@bmic.net
Party name: Bay Mills Indian Community
Other:
Andrew L. Brasher Deputy Solicitor General(334) 242-7300
Office of Alabama Attorney General
501 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, AL  36130
abrasher@ago.state.al.us
Party name: Alabama, et al.
 
Richard B. Collins Professor of Law(303) 492-5493
University of Colorado
401 UCB
Boulder, CO  80309
richard.collins@colorado.edu
Party name: Scholars of American Indian Law
 
Riyaz Amir Kanji Kanji Y Katzen, PLLC(734) 769-5400
303 Detroit Street, Suite 400
Ann Arbor, MI  48104
rkanji@kanjikatzen.com
Party name: National Congress of American Indians, et al.
 
Edwin S. Kneedler Deputy Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
Party name: United States
 
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. 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
 
Joseph H. Webster 2120 L Street, NW Suite 700(202) 822-8282
Washington, DC  20037
JWebster@hobbsstraus.com
Party name: Seminole Tribe of Florida, et al.
 
Patrick R. Wyrick Solicitor General(405) 521-3921
Office of the Attorney General
313 NE 21st Street
Oklahoma City, OK  73105
patrick.wyrick@oag.ok.gov
Party name: State of Oklahoma