No. 22-227
 
Title: Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, et al., Petitioners
v.
Brian W. Coughlin
Docketed: September 12, 2022
Linked with: 22A23
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
   Case Numbers: (21-1153)
   Decision Date: May 6, 2022
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jul 08 2022 Application (22A23) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 4, 2022 to September 8, 2022, submitted to The Chief Justice.
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Jul 13 2022 Application (22A23) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until September 8, 2022.
Sep 08 2022 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 12, 2022)
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Oct 04 2022 Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 12, 2022 to November 11, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
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Oct 05 2022 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 14, 2022. See Rule 30.1.
Oct 12 2022 Brief amici curiae of Professors of Federal Indian Law filed.
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Oct 12 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Native American Financial Services Association filed.
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Nov 08 2022 Brief of respondent Brian W. Coughlin in opposition filed.
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Nov 22 2022 Reply of petitioners Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, et al. filed.
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Nov 30 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
Jan 09 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/13/2023.
Jan 13 2023 Petition GRANTED.
Jan 31 2023 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 24, 2023.
Feb 08 2023 Record requested from the U.S.C.A.-1st Circuit.
Feb 16 2023 All records from the U.S.C.A.-1st Circuit are available on PACER. Record request was transmitted to the Massachusetts Bankruptcy Court for response.
Feb 16 2023 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, et al.
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Feb 22 2023 Brief of petitioners Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, et al. filed.
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Mar 01 2023 Brief amici curiae of The Navajo Nation, et al. filed.
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Mar 01 2023 Brief amici curiae of Indian Law Professors filed.
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Mar 06 2023 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED.
Mar 10 2023 All records from the Massachusetts Bankruptcy Court are available on PACER.
Mar 24 2023 CIRCULATED
Mar 24 2023 Brief of respondent Brian W. Coughlin filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 30 2023 Brief amici curiae of Public Citizen, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 30 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Citizens Equal Rights Foundation filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2023 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Separation of Powers Clinic filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2023 Brief amici curiae of NACBA, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2023 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Apr 13 2023 Reply of petitioners Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 14 2023 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Apr 24 2023 Argued. For petitioners: Pratik A. Shah, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Gregory G. Rapawy, Washington, D. C.; and Austin Raynor, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Jun 15 2023 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Jackson, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Jul 17 2023 Judgment issued.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Pratik Arvind Shah
Counsel of Record
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP
2001 K Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20006

pshah@akingump.com
Ph: 202-887-4210
Party name: Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Gregory Gerber Rapawy
Counsel of Record
Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C.
1615 M Street, N.W.
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036

grapawy@kellogghansen.com
Ph: 202-326-7967
Party name: Brian W. Coughlin


Other Attorneys
George Eric Brunstad Jr.
Counsel of Record
Dechert LLP
199 Lawrence Street
New Haven, CT 06511

ERIC.BRUNSTAD@DECHERT.COM
Ph: 8605243960
Party name: NACBA, NCBRC, Legal Aid Chicago, Hon. Judith Fitzgerald, Hon. Joan Feeney, Hon. Phillip Shefferly, Hon. Eugene Wedoff, Hon. Steven Rhodes and Hon. Carol Kenner


Daniel J. Bussel
KTBS Law LLP
1801 Century Park East
26th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067

DBUSSEL@KTBSLAW.COM
Ph: 3104074015
Party name: National Assn of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center


Tyson Clinton Kade
Counsel of Record
Van Ness Feldman, LLP
1050 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW, Seventh Floor
Washington, DC 20007

tck@vnf.com
Ph: 2022981948
Party name: Native American Financial Services Association


Lawrence A. Kogan
Counsel of Record
The Kogan Law Group, P.C.
100 United Nations Plaza
Suite #14F
New York, NY 10017

LKOGAN@KOGANLAWGROUP.COM
Ph: (917)565-1521
Party name: Citizens Equal Rights Foundation


R. Trent McCotter
Counsel of Record
Antonin Scalia Law School/George Mason University
3301 Fairfax Dr.
Arlington, VA 22201

rmccotte@gmu.edu
Ph: 202-706-5488
Party name: Separation of Powers Clinic


Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States


Kaighn Smith Jr.
Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon
84 Marginal Way
Suite 600
Portland, ME 04101

KSMITH@DWMLAW.COM
Ph: 207-253-0559
Party name: Professors of Federal Indian Law


Paul Wesley Spruhan
Counsel of Record
Navajo Naton Department of Justice
P.O. Box 2010
Window Rock, Navajo Nation, AZ 86515

PSPRUHAN@NNDOJ.ORG
Ph: 928-871-6210
Party name: The Navajo Nation


April Dennise Youpee-Roll
Counsel of Record
4146 4th Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90008

april.youpee.roll@gmail.com
Ph: 406-396-3147
Party name: Professors of Federal Indian Law


Allison M. Zieve
Counsel of Record
Public Citizen Litigation Group
1600 20th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009

AZIEVE@CITIZEN.ORG
Ph: 202-588-1000
Party name: Public Citizen, National Consumer Law Center, and National Ass'n of Consumer Advocates