No. 13-1496
Title:
Dollar General Corporation, et al., Petitioners
v.
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, et al.
Docketed:June 18, 2014
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(12-60668)
  Decision Date:March 14, 2014
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jun 12 2014 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 18, 2014)
Jul 8 2014 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 22, 2014, for all respondents.
Jul 18 2014 Brief amicus curiae of South Dakota Bankers Association filed.
Aug 21 2014 Brief of respondents Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, et al. in opposition filed.
Sep 2 2014 Reply of petitioners Dollar General Corporation, et al. filed.
Sep 4 2014 Supplemental brief of respondents Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, et al. filed.
Sep 10 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2014.
Oct 6 2014 The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
May 12 2015 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
May 19 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 4, 2015.
May 19 2015 Supplemental brief of petitioners Dollar General Corporation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jun 8 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 11, 2015.
Jun 15 2015 Petition GRANTED.
Jul 10 2015 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 14, 2015.
Jul 10 2015 The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 28, 2015.
Jul 29 2015 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is further extended to and including August 31, 2015.
Jul 29 2015 The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is further extended to and including October 15, 2015.
Aug 7 2015 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners.
Aug 10 2015 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents.
Aug 31 2015 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
Aug 31 2015 Brief of petitioners Dollar General Corporation, et al. filed.
Sep 4 2015 Brief amicus curiae of South Dakota Bankers Association filed.
Sep 4 2015 Brief amici curiae of Oklahoma, et al. filed.
Sep 8 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. filed.
Sep 8 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Association of American Railroads filed.
Oct 9 2015 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 7, 2015
Oct 15 2015 Brief of respondents Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, et al. filed.
Oct 19 2015 Record requested from U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit.
Oct 21 2015 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Mississippi filed.
Oct 22 2015 Brief amici curiae of Puyallup Tribe of Indians, et al. filed.
Oct 22 2015 Brief amici curiae of National Congress of American Indians, et al. filed.
Oct 22 2015 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Oct 22 2015 Brief amici curiae of Historians and Legal Scholars Gregory Ablavsky, et al. filed.
Oct 22 2015 Brief amici curiae of The Cherokee Nation, et al. filed.
Oct 22 2015 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Oct 22 2015 Brief amici curiae of National Indigenous Women's Resource Center, et al. filed.
Oct 22 2015 Brief amici curiae of Mississippi, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 27 2015 CIRCULATED
Nov 9 2015 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Nov 16 2015 Reply of petitioners Dollar General Corporation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Dec 7 2015 Argued. For petitioners: Thomas C. Goldstein, Bethesda, Md. For respondents: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C.; and Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Jun 23 2016 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED by an equally divided Court. Opinion per curiam.
Jul 25 2016 JUDGMENT ISSUED



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
Thomas C. Goldstein Goldstein & Russell, P.C.(202) 362-0636
    Counsel of Record7475 Wisconsin Ave.
Suite 850
Bethesda, MD  20814
tg@goldsteinrussell.com
Party name: Dollar General Corporation, et al.
 
Edward F. Harold Fisher & Phillips LLP(504) 522-3303
201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 3710
New Orleans, LA  70170
eharold@laborlawyers.com
Party name: Dollar General Corporation, et al.
Attorneys for Respondents:
C. Bryant Rogers VanAmberg, Rogers, Yepa, Abeita & Gomez, LLP(505) 988-8979
    Counsel of RecordP.O. Box 1447
Santa Fe, NM  87504-1447
cbrogers@nmlawgroup.com
Party name: Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, et al.
 
Neal K. Katyal Hogan Lovells US LLP(202) 637-5600
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20004
neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com
Party name: Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, et al.
Other:
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
 
Brett M. Koenecke May Adam Gerdes & Thompson LLP(605)-224-8803
503 S. Pierre Street
P.O. Box 160
Pierre, SD  57501
Brett@mayadam.net
Party name: South Dakota Bankers Association
 
Laura K. McNally Loeb & Loeb LLP312-464-3155
321 N. Clark St., Suite 2300
Chicago, IL  60654
lmcnally@loeb.com
Party name: Retail Litigation Center, Inc.
 
Mary Kathryn Nagle Pipestem Law PC(202) 407-0591
1333 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20036
mknagle@pipestemlaw.com
Party name: National Indigenous Women's Resource Center, et al.
 
Stephen L Pevar American Civil Liberties Union Foundation(860) 570-9830
330 Main Street, First Floor
Hartford, CT  06106
spevar@aclu.org
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Mississippi
 
Harry R. Sachse Sonosky Chambers Sachse Endreson & Perry(202) 682-0240
1425 K Street, NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC  20005
hsachse@sonosky.com
Party name: Puyallup Tribe of Indians, et al.
 
Lynn H. Slade Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk(505) 848-1800
500 Fourth Street, NW, Suite 1000
Albuquerque, NM  87102
Lynn.Slade@modrall.com
Party name: Association of American Railroads
 
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: Historians and Legal Scholars Gregory Ablavsky, et al.
 
Peter K. Stris Stris & Maher LLP(213) 995-6800
725 S. Figueroa St., Ste. 1830
Los Angeles, CA  90017
peter.stris@strismaher.com
Party name: Mississippi, et al.
 
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
 
Seth P. Waxman Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6000
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com
Party name: The Cherokee Nation, et al.
 
Joseph H. Webster Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP(202) 822-8282
2120 L Street, NW Suite 700
Washington, DC  20037
JWebster@hobbsstraus.com
Party name: National Congress of American Indians, et al.
 
Patrick R. Wyrick Solicitor General(405) 522-4448
Office of the Attorney General
313 NE 21st Street
Oklahoma City, OK  73105
patrick.wyrick@oag.ok.gov
Party name: Oklahoma, et al.