Supreme Court

Washington v. United States Background Materials [culverts]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher2 Comments

Oral argument transcript: oral argument transcript

Merits stage briefs:

17-269ts Petitioners Brief

17-269bsUnitedStates

17-269-bs-Tribal Respondents

Amici in Support of Petitioners:

Idaho and 10 Other States Brief

Pacific Legal Foundation Brief

Modoc Point Irrigation District Brief

Business Organizations Brief

Citizens Equal Rights Foundation Brief

American Forest & Paper Association and National Mining Association Brief

Washington State Association of Counties and Association of Washington Cities

Amici Supporting Respondents:

NCAI amicus brief

Fishermans Associations amicus brief

Warm Springs et al amicus brief

Daniel J. Evans amicus brief

State and Local Officials amicus brief

Professors amicus brief

Other docs:

Recusal Letter

Ninth Circuit panel decision here. Briefs:

State’s Opening Brief

Oregon Amicus

Tribal Brief

US Brief

Indian Law Professors

Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations

En banc stage briefs:

Washington Rehearing/En Banc Petition

Idaho and Montana Amicus Brief

Klamath Critical Habitat Landowners Amicus Brief

US Response

Tribal Response

District court materials are here:

Tribal Motion for Summary Judgment

State Motion for Summary Judgment

District Court Opinion

 

Cert Opposition Brief in N.M. Public Service Co. v. Barboan & Navajo

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

cert opposition[Navajo]

US Cert Opp

Cert petition here.

Poarch Band of Creek Indians v. Wilkes Cert Stage Materials

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Poarch Band et al v Wilkes petition for writ

17-1175 Indian Law Scholars amicus brief

UnitedSouthandEasternTribes inc.

wilkes brief in opposition

Reply

sg-invitation-brief-1.pdf

17-1175SupplementalBriefForRespondents

Petitioners Supplemental Brief

Lower court materials here.

Tavares v. Whitehouse Cert Petition Denied

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is today’s order list.

Cert stage materials here.

Coverage of Upper Skagit Oral Argument

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

SCOTUSblog: “Justices dubious about tribal immunity from state-court actions to adjudicate title to land, but hesitant to embrace new theory”

Law360: “Justices Wary Of Weakening Tribal Immunity In Property Row”

Courthouse News: “High Court Grapples With Tribe’s Sovereign Immunity“

Oral Argument Transcript in Upper Skagit v. Lundgren

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Background materials here.

Harvey v. Ute Indian Tribe Cert Petition

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Harvey v. Ute et al. Petition

Questions presented:

1.Whether the tribal remedies exhaustion doctrine, which requires federal courts to stay cases challenging tribal jurisdiction until the parties have exhausted parallel tribal court proceedings, applies to state courts as well.

2.Whether the tribal remedies exhaustion doctrine requires that nontribal courts yield to tribal courts when the parties have not invoked the tribal court‘s jurisdiction.

Lower court materials here.

UPDATES:

cert opp brief

Reply

SG Brief [Ute]

Petitioners Supplemental Brief

MSU Truth and Reconciliation Conference Student Panel: Women of Color in Law School

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Osage Wind LLC v. Osage Minerals Council Cert Petition

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here:

Petition for a Writ of Certiorari

Questions presented:

1. Whether the court of appeals had jurisdiction over the appeal filed by a nonparty when the nonparty did not participate in any capacity in the district court proceedings.

2. Whether the Tenth Circuit improperly invoked the Indian canon of construction to deprive surface-estate owners who are members or successors-in-interest to Indian tribe members of important property rights by overriding clear regulatory language for the express purpose of favoring the economic interests of an Indian tribe without examining congressional intent.

Lower court materials here.

UPDATES:

Osage Minerals Council BIO

Reply

SG Brief [Osage]

Petitioner Supplemental Brief

NCAI Amicus Brief in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

NCAI Amicus Brief in South Dakota v. Wayfair