Here.
High Country News Profile of Cougar Den Case
Here.
Supreme Court
The Atlantic: “Can Congress Void a Tribal Treaty Without Telling Anyone?”
Coverage of the Herrera v. Wyoming argument, here.
King Mountain Tobacco v. US Cert Petition
Here:
Questions presented:
1. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that the Yakama Treaty must include express exemptive language” to create an exemption from a federal tax or fee.
2. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that the federal tobacco excise tax, 26 U.S.C. § 5701-5703, and the Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act (“FETRA”), 7 U.S.C. § 518-519, apply to the Yakama Indians even though (1) the Yakama Treaty creates a right to travel in order to protect the Yakama Indians’ ability to trade and (2) these taxes and fees are triggered by the transport of goods – rather than by sale or manufacture.
Lower court materials here. Case tag here.
Update:
Mitchell v. Tulalip Tribes Cert Petition
Here:
UPDATE:
Question presented:
Does sovereign immunity bar the federal courts’ consideration of a declaratory judgment action to determine whether Respondent Tribes can exercise regulatory/taxing authority over real property owned in fee by Petitioners non-Indians, pursuant to allotments that were authorized by the Tribes’ treaty with the United States?
Lower court materials here.
Miccosukee Per Cap Taxation Cert Petitions
Here is the petition in Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida v. United States:
Question presented:
The 2014 Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act states that, for income tax purposes, “[g]ross income does not include the value of any Indian general welfare benefit.”
The question presented is whether contrary to that plain command, gross income includes “Indian general welfare benefits” when those benefits are derived from gaming revenue pursuant to the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
Here is the petition in Jim v. United States:
Questions presented:
Whether treaties with Indian tribes must be construed consistent with that tribe’s present-sense understanding of the treaty.
Whether the Miccosukee Tribe’s long-standing method of compensation for use of Tribal member lands and distributing revenue from land to its members can be considered a “mere formalism” to avoid inclusion and taxation as income to the members when the Tribe’s chosen method of compensation is soundly in line with federal law and policy.
Whether the Assistant Secretary of the Interior through its designated representative can interpret, waive, modify or exempt payments made to tribal members from inclusion as income.
Lower court materials here.
UPDATE:
McNeal v. Navajo Nation Cert Petition
Here:
Question presented:
Whether the Tenth Circuit panel violated the current jurisprudence of this Court and the Congressional policy underlying IGRA by precluding the Nation from exercising its sovereign authority to permit a patron’s tort claim against the Nation and its gaming facility to be brought in state court without express congressional permission.
Lower court materials here.
UPDATE (3/14/19):
St. Regis Mohawk v. Mylan Pharma Cert Petition
Atlantic Profile of the Herrera v. Wyoming Case
“Can Congress Void a Tribal Treaty Without Telling Anyone?” here.
Casino Pauma v. NLRB Cert Petition
Here:
Questions presented:
1. Should this Court reconsider Chevron?
2. Does the National Labor Relations Act apply to Indian tribes?
3. Does the employee-to-employee solicitation rule in Republic Aviation empower employees to solicit customers in business “guest areas” like restrooms and restaurants?
Lower court materials here.
Greg Abalvsky Commentary on the Herrera Argument
From SCOTUSBlog, here.
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