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No. 20-543
Vide 20-544
 
Title: Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, Petitioner
v.
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al.
Docketed: October 26, 2020
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
   Case Numbers: (20-5204, 20-5205, 20-5209)
   Decision Date: September 25, 2020
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Oct 23 2020 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 25, 2020)
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Nov 04 2020 Brief amicus curiae of State of Alaska filed. VIDED.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Nov 13 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 25, 2020 to December 16, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Nov 16 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 16, 2020, for all respondents.
Nov 18 2020 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by US Senators Lisa Murkowski, et al. VIDED.
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Nov 23 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Alaska Federation of Natives filed. VIDED.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 16 2020 Brief of respondents Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al., et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
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Dec 16 2020 Brief of respondents Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
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Dec 16 2020 Brief of respondents Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in opposition filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Dec 18 2020 Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 15.5. filed.
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Dec 23 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
Dec 28 2020 Reply of petitioner Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 08 2021 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by US Senators Lisa Murkowski, et al. GRANTED.
Jan 08 2021 Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 20-544 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.
Jan 08 2021 Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 20-543. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 20-543. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”
Feb 22 2021 Brief of petitioner Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury filed. VIDED.
Proof of Service Main Document
Feb 22 2021 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed 5/12/21). VIDED.
Proof of Service Main Document
Feb 22 2021 Brief of petitioners Alaska Native Village Corporation Association, Inc., et al. filed. (in No. 20-544)
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Feb 26 2021 Brief amicus curiae of State of Alaska filed. VIDED.
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Feb 26 2021 Brief amici curiae of US Senators Lisa Murkowski, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Mar 01 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Alaska Federation of Natives filed. VIDED.
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Mar 01 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Association of Alaska Housing Authorities filed. VIDED.
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Mar 01 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Cook Inlet Region, Inc. filed. VIDED.
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Mar 12 2021 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 19, 2021. VIDED.
Mar 15 2021 Record requested.
Mar 16 2021 The record received from the U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts is electronic and located on Pacer.
Mar 16 2021 The record from the U.S.C.A. D.C. Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.
Mar 24 2021 Brief of respondents Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al. filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 24 2021 Brief of respondent Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 30 2021 CIRCULATED
Mar 31 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Representative Raúl M. Grijalva filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amici curiae of Five Indian Tribes filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amici curiae of National Congress of American Indians, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amici curiae of States of Utah, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amici curiae of Professors and Historians filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Motion for divided argument filed by petitioners Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury. VIDED.
Proof of Service Main Document
Mar 31 2021 Motion for divided argument filed by respondent Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation. VIDED.
Main Document Proof of Service
Apr 07 2021 Response to motion of Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation from respondents Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Apr 09 2021 Reply of petitioner Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Proof of Service Main Document
Apr 09 2021 Reply of petitioners Alaska Native Village Corporation Association, Inc., et al. filed (in No. 20-544). (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 15 2021 Supplemental response of the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al. filed in support of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation motion for divided argument. VIDED.
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Apr 16 2021 Motion for divided argument filed by petitioner GRANTED. VIDED.
Apr 16 2021 Motion for divided argument filed by Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation DENIED. VIDED.
Apr 19 2021 Argued. For petitioner in 20-543: Matthew Guarnieri, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For petitioners in 20-544: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Jeffrey S. Rasmussen, Louisville, Colo. VIDED.
Apr 20 2021 Letter from counsel for Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Apr 22 2021 Letter of petitioners Alaska Native Village Corporation Association, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED.
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Apr 23 2021 Letter of petitioner Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury filed. VIDED.
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Apr 23 2021 Letter to the Clerk of the Court from the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation of Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation not accepted for filing. (April 30, 2021)
May 12 2021 Letter of petitioner Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury notifying Court of April 30, 2021 Dept. of Treasury revised methodology filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Jun 25 2021 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Breyer, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined, and in which Alito, J., joined as to Parts I, II–C, II–D, III, and IV. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas and Kagan, JJ., joined. VIDED.
Jul 27 2021 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Paul D. Clement
Counsel of Record
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
paul.clement@kirkland.com
Ph: 2023895000
Party name: Alaska Native Village Corporation Association, Inc., et al.


Brian H. Fletcher
Counsel of Record
Acting Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury


Attorneys for Respondents
Nicole E. Ducheneaux
Counsel of Record
Big Fire Law & Policy Group LLP
1404 Fort Crook South
Bellevue, NE 68005
nducheneaux@bigfirelaw.com
Ph: 4064934693
Party name: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe


Riyaz Amir Kanji
Counsel of Record
Kanji & Kantzen, PLLC
303 Detroit Street
Suite 400
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
rkanji@kanjikatzen.com
Ph: 734-769-5400
Party name: Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al.


Jeffrey Scott Rasmussen
Counsel of Record
Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP
1900 Plaza Drive
Louisville, CO 80027
jrasmussen@nativelawgroup.com
Ph: 303-926-5292
Party name: Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation


Other Attorneys
Melissa Ann Holyoak
Counsel of Record
Utah Attorney General's Office
160 E. 300 S.
5th Floor
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
melissaholyoak@agutah.gov
Ph: 5738235377
Party name: Utah


Hyland Hunt
Counsel of Record
Deutsch Hunt PLLC
300 New Jersey Ave., NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001
hhunt@deutschhunt.com
Ph: 2028686915
Party name: Association of Alaska Housing Authorities


Allon Kedem
Counsel of Record
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
601 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
allon.kedem@arnoldporter.com
Ph: 2029426234
Party name: Cook Inlet Region, Inc.


James Hardwick Lister
Counsel of Record
Birch Horton Bittner and Cherot, P.C.
1100 Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
jlister@dc.bhb.com
Ph: 2028628368
Party name: Alaska Federation of Natives


Margaret Crow Rosenfeld
Counsel of Record
Forman & Associates
4340 Redwood Highway, Suite E352
San Rafael, CA 94903
ann@gformanlaw.com
Ph: 4154912310
Party name: Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria, et al.


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


Alan Evan Schoenfeld
Counsel of Record
Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP
7 World Trade Center, 250 World Trade Center
New York, NY 10007
alan.schoenfeld@wilmerhale.com
Ph: (212) 230-8800
Party name: Representative Raúl M. Grijalva


Kaighn Smith Jr.
Counsel of Record
Drummond Woodsum
84 Marginal Way
Suite 600
Portland, ME 04101
ksmith@dwmlaw.com
Ph: 207-772-1941
Party name: National Congress of American Indians, et al.


Christine Victoria Williams
Counsel of Record
Outlook Law, LLC
1016 West 6th Avenue
Suite 306
Anchorage, AK 99501
christinewilliams@outlooklaw.com
Ph: 9072582200
Party name: US Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and US Congressman Don Young


Laura Emily Wolff
Counsel of Record
The State of Alaska
1031 West 4th Ave., Suite 200
Anchorage, AK 99501
laura.wolff@alaska.gov
Ph: 907-269-5100
Party name: State of Alaska

 

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