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Docket for 16-498

No. 16-498

Title:	David Patchak, Petitioner v. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior, et al.
Docketed:	October 13, 2016
Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Case Numbers:	(15-5200)
Decision Date:	July 15, 2016
Questions Presented

Proceedings and Orders

Oct 11 2016

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 14, 2016)

Nov 11 2016

Brief of respondent Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish band of Pottawatomi Indians in opposition filed.

Nov 14 2016

Waiver of right of respondent Sally Jewel, Secretary of the Interior, et al. to respond filed.

Nov 14 2016

Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Federal Courts Scholars.

Nov 28 2016

Opposition of intervenor-respondent Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, to motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief of Federal Courts Scholars filed.

Nov 30 2016

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 6, 2017.

Dec 15 2016

Response Requested. (Due January 17, 2017)

Jan 12 2017

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including February 16, 2017.

Feb 15 2017

Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including March 20, 2017.

Mar 20 2017

Brief of Federal Respondents in opposition filed.

Apr 03 2017

Reply of petitioner David Patchak filed.

Apr 05 2017

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 21, 2017.

Apr 24 2017

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 28, 2017.

May 01 2017

Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Federal Courts Scholars GRANTED.

May 01 2017

Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.

May 16 2017

The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 13, 2017.

May 16 2017

The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including September 11, 2017.

Jul 12 2017

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

Jul 12 2017

Brief of petitioner David Patchak filed.

Jul 19 2017

Brief amici curiae of Federal Courts Scholars filed.

Aug 31 2017

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Sep 07 2017

CIRCULATED

Sep 11 2017

Brief of respondent Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians filed. (Distributed)

Sep 11 2017

Brief of Federal Respondents filed. (Distributed)

Sep 12 2017

Record requested from the U.S.C.A. District of Columbia Circuit.

Sep 15 2017

Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians on 09/15/2017

Sep 18 2017

Brief amici curiae of Wayland Township, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Sep 18 2017

Brief amicus curiae of U.S. House of Representatives filed. (Distributed)

Sep 18 2017

Brief amicus curiae of National Congress of American Indians filed. (Distributed)

Sep 18 2017

Brief amici curiae of Federal Courts and Federal Indian Law Scholars filed. (Distributed)

Sep 18 2017

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Edward A. Hartnett filed. (Distributed)

Sep 18 2017

Motion for divided argument filed by respondent.

Oct 10 2017

Motion for divided argument filed by respondent GRANTED.

Oct 11 2017

Reply of petitioner David Patchak filed. (Distributed)

Nov 07 2017

Argued. For petitioner: Scott E. Gant, Washington, D. C. For federal respondents: Ann O'Connell, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians respondent: Pratik A. Shah, Washington, D. C.

Feb 27 2018

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Thomas, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which Breyer, Alito, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed a concurring opinion. Ginsburg, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Sotomayor, J., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Roberts, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kennedy and Gorsuch, JJ., joined.

Apr 02 2018

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Attorneys

Attorneys for Petitioners

Scott E. Gant
Counsel of Record

Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP
1401 New York Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20005
Ph: 202-237-2727
Party name: David Patchak

Attorneys for Respondents

Noel John Francisco
Counsel of Record

Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
SUPREMECTBRIEFS!USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: Federal Respondents

Pratik Arvind Shah
Counsel of Record

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP
1333 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Washington, DC 02109
pshah@akingump.com
Ph: 202-887-4000
Party name: Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians

Conly John Schulte

Fredericks Peebles & Morgan LLP
1900 Plaza Drive
Louisville, CO 80027
cschulte@ndnlaw.com
Ph: (303)-673-9600
Party name: Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians

Other Attorneys

Ruthanne Mary Deutsch
Counsel of Record

Deutsch Hunt, PLLC
300 New Jersey Ave., NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001
rdeutsch@deutschhunt.com
Ph: (202-868-6915
Party name: Federal Courts and Federal Indian Law Scholars

Thomas G. Hungar
Counsel of Record

U.S. House of Representatives
Office of the General Counsel, 219 Cannon Building
Washington, DC 20515
thomas.hungar@mail.house.gov
Ph: (202) 225-9700
Party name: U.S. House of Representatives

Robert Allen Long Jr.
Counsel of Record

Covington & Burling, LLP
One CityCenter
850 Tenth St., NW
Washington, DC 20001
rlong@cov.com
Ph: (202) 662-6000
Party name: Wayland Township, et al.

Ethan G. Shenkman
Counsel of Record

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP
601 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
ethan.shenkman@apks.com
Ph: 202-942-5000
Party name: National Congress of American Indians

Erik R Zimmerman
Counsel of Record

Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A.
1450 Raleigh Road, Suite 100
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
ezimmerman@rbh.com
Ph: 0919-328-8826
Party name: Professor Edward A. Hartnett

Stephen I. Vladeck

727 East Dean Keeton Street
Austin, TX 78705
svladeck@law.utexas.edu
Ph: (512) 475-9198
Party name: Federal Courts Scholars