No. 17-532
 
Title: Clayvin Herrera, Petitioner
v.
Wyoming
Docketed: October 10, 2017
Linked with: 17A158
Lower Ct: District Court of Wyoming, Sheridan County
   Case Numbers: (2016-242)
   Decision Date: April 25, 2017
Discretionary Court Decision Date: June 6, 2017
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Aug 07 2017 Application (17A158) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 4, 2017 to October 5, 2017, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
Aug 09 2017 Application (17A158) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until October 5, 2017.
Oct 05 2017 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 9, 2017)
Oct 12 2017 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Clayvin Herrera
Oct 24 2017 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Wyoming
Nov 08 2017 Brief amici curiae of Indian Law Professors filed.
Nov 09 2017 Brief of respondent Wyoming in opposition filed.
Nov 09 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Crow Tribe of Indians filed.
Nov 09 2017 Brief amici curiae of Timothy P. McCleary, et al. filed.
Nov 28 2017 Reply of petitioner Clayvin Herrera filed.
Nov 29 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018.
Jan 08 2018 The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
May 22 2018 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Jun 05 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/21/2018.
Jun 05 2018 Supplemental brief of petitioner Clayvin Herrera filed. (Distributed)
Jun 05 2018 Supplemental brief of respondent Wyoming filed. (Distributed)
Jun 27 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/27/2018.
Jun 28 2018 Petition GRANTED.
Jul 30 2018 Motion for an extension of time to file the opening briefs on the merits filed.
Jul 31 2018 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Clayvin Herrera.
Aug 02 2018 Motion to extend the time to file the opening briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 4, 2018. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 22, 2018.
Aug 27 2018 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, State of Wyoming
Sep 04 2018 Joint appendix filed.
Sep 04 2018 Brief of petitioner Clayvin Herrera filed.
Sep 10 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Eastern Shoshone Tribe filed.
Sep 11 2018 Brief amici curiae of Southern Ute Indian Tribe and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe filed.
Sep 11 2018 Brief amici curiae of Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation filed.
Sep 11 2018 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Sep 11 2018 Brief amici curiae of Natural Resources Law Professors filed.
Sep 11 2018 Brief amici curiae of Pacific and Inland Northwest Treaty Tribes filed.
Sep 11 2018 Brief amici curiae of Timothy P. McCleary, et al. filed.
Sep 11 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Crow Tribe of Indians filed.
Sep 11 2018 Brief amici curiae of National Congress of American Indians, et al. filed.
Sep 11 2018 Brief amici curiae of Indian Law Professors filed.
Oct 03 2018 Motion of Clayvin Herrera for an extension of time not accepted for filing. (Corrected motion submitted - October 12, 2018)
Oct 11 2018 Motion for a further extension of time to file respondent's brief on the merits filed.
Oct 12 2018 Motion for a further extension of time to file respondent's brief on the merits granted and the time is extended to and including November 13, 2018.
Nov 13 2018 Brief of respondent Wyoming filed.
Nov 15 2018 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Nov 20 2018 Brief amici curiae of Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, et al. filed.
Nov 20 2018 Brief amici curiae of States of Nebraska, Kansas, Louisiana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Texas filed.
Nov 20 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies filed.
Nov 20 2018 Brief amici curiae of Wyoming Stock Growers Association, et al. filed.
Nov 20 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Safari Club International filed.
Nov 20 2018 Brief amici curiae of Citzen Equal Rights Foundation, Mille Lacs Equal Rights Foundation, City of Wakhon, Minnesota filed.
Nov 28 2018 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Nov 30 2018 CIRCULATED
Dec 03 2018 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Dec 11 2018 Record requested from U.S.D.C. Wyoming, Sheridan County.
Dec 13 2018 Reply of petitioner Clayvin Herrera filed. (Distributed)
Dec 27 2018 Record from the District Court Wyoming, Sheridan County received (2 boxes).
Jan 08 2019 Argued. For petitioner: George W. Hicks, Jr., Washington, D. C.; and Frederick Liu, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: John G. Knepper, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Cheyenne, Wyo.
May 20 2019 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined.
Jun 24 2019 Record from District Court Wyoming, Sheridan County was returned.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
George William Hicks Jr.
Counsel of Record
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
GEORGE.HICKS@KIRKLAND.COM
Ph: 2023895000
Party name: Clayvin Herrera


Attorneys for Respondents
Peter K. Michael
Counsel of Record

Office of the Attorney General, 2320 Capitol Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82002
peter.michael@wyo.gov
Ph: 307-777-7841
Party name: Wyoming


Other Attorneys
M. Carol Bambery
Counsel of Record
Association of Fish and Wildlife
444 N. Capitol Street NW Suite 725
Washington, DC 20001
cbambery@fishwildlife.org
Ph: 2405156134
Party name: Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies


Jennifer A. MacLean
Counsel of Record
Perkins Coie LLP
700 13th Street N.W., Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
jmaclean@perkinscoie.com
Ph: 202-654-6200
Party name: Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and Conservation, Hunting, Fishing, and Outfitter and Guide Associations


Monte Tyler Mills
Counsel of Record
Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana
32 Campus Drive
Missoula, MO 59812
monte.mills@umantana.edu
Ph: 406)243-2544
Party name: Indian Law Professors


Ashley C. Parrish
Counsel of Record
King & Spalding
1700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006
APARRISH@KSLAW.COM
Ph: 202-626-2627
Party name: Timothy P. McCleary, et al.


William Francis Bacon
1600 Arlington
Pocatello, ID 83204
bbacon@sbtribes.com
Ph: (208) 478-3822
Party name: Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation


Noel John Francisco
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: United States


Gary Russell Leistico
Rinke-Noonan
1015 W. St. Germain Street, Suite 300
PO Box 1497
St. Cloud, MN 56301
gleistico@rinkenoonan.com
Ph: 320-251-6700
Party name: Citzen Equal Rights Foundation, Mille Lacs Equal Rights Foundation, City of Wakhon, Minnesota


Daniel David Lewerenz
Native American Rights Fund
1514 P Street NW, Suite D
Washington, DC 20005
lewerenz@narf.org
Ph: 2027854166
Party name: Crow Tribe of Indians


David Andrew Lopez
Office of the Nebraska Attorney General
2115 State Capitol
Lincoln, NE 68509
dave.lopez@nebraska.gov
Ph: 402-471-2682
Party name: States of Nebraska, Kansas, Louisiana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Texas


William Perry Pendley
Mountain States Legal Foundation
2596 S. Lewis Way
Lakewook, CO 80227
wppendley@mountainstateslegal.com
Ph: 303-292-2021
Party name: Wyoming Stock Growers Association, et al.


Colette Routel
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
875 Summit Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
colette.routel@mitchellhamline.edu
Ph: 6512906327
Party name: Natural Resources Law Professors


Anna M. Seidman
Safari Club International
501 2nd Street NE
Washington, DC 20002
aseidman@safariclub.org
Ph: 202-543-8733
Party name: Safari Club International


Thomas Harrold Shipps
Maynes, Bradford, Shipps et al
835 East Second Avenue Suite 123
Durango, CO 81301
TSHIPPS@MBSSLLP.COM
Ph: (970) 247-1755
Party name: Southern Ute Indian Tribe and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe


Marc D. Slonim
Ziontz Chestnut
2101 Fourth Avenue
Suite 1230
Seattle, WA 98121
mslonim@ziontzchestnut.com
Ph: 2064481230
Party name: National Congress of American Indians


Rob Roy Smith
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
1420 Fifth Ave. Suite 4400
Seattle, WA 98101
rrsmith@kilpatricktownsend.com
Ph: 206-467-9600
Party name: PACIFIC AND INLAND NORTHWEST TREATY TRIBES


Richard G. Verri
Rosette, LLP
Attorneys at Law
565 W. Chandler Blvd., Suite 212
Chandler, AZ 85225
rverri@rosettelaw.com
Ph: 4808898990
Party name: Eastern Shoshone Tribe


Heather Daphne Whiteman Runs Him
Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona
1145 N Mountain Ave PO Box 210176
Tucson, AZ 85721
WHITEMANRUNSHIM@ARIZONA.EDU
Ph: 5206269762
Party name: Crow Tribe of Indians