Sklallam Tribes’ Cert Petition over Lummi Nation U&A [U.S. v. Washington subproceeding 11-02]

Here is the petition in Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe v. Lummi Nation:

Question presented:

The question presented is whether the Ninth Circuit—in conflict with decisions of this Court and other courts—properly abrogated the long-settled and original understanding of a central treaty term, without any legal or factual basis for doing so, and while redefining the boundary of a major body of water to accommodate its novel treaty interpretation.

Lower court materials here.

Penobscot Nation + US Cert Petitions against Maine in Penobscot River Dispute

Here is the petition in Penobscot Nation v. Frey:

Here is the petition in United States v. Frey:

Question presented (from the Penobscot petition):

Whether the Maine Indian Settlement Acts— consistent with this Court’s precedents on statutory interpretation and the Indian canons of construction— codify the historical understanding of the Penobscot Nation, the United States, and the State that the Penobscot Reservation encompasses the Main Stem of the Penobscot River.

Lower court materials here.

Update:

NCAI Amicus Brief

Members of Congress Amicus Brief

Maine State-Tribal Commission Amicus Brief

LTBB v. Whitmer Cert Petition

Here:

Cert Petition

Question presented:

Whether the 1855 Treaty of Detroit established a federal reservation for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians?

Lower court materials here.

Hunting and Fishing in Indian Law Today

GTB: Arthur Duhamel
BMIC: Big Abe LeBlanc
GTB: Peter Marks
Boldt Decision

Upper Skagit Prevails over Sauk-Suiattle in U&A Litigation

Here is the decision in United States v. Washington, subproceeding 20-01 (W.D. Wash.):

47 DCT Order

Briefs are here.

Chinook fishing on Skagit River, NWIFC

Eighth Circuit Briefs in Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources v. White Earth Band of Ojibwe

Here:

Opening Brief

Answer Brief

Amicus Brief

Lower court materials here.

Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment in Unkechaug Nation Off-Reservation Fishing Rights Claim

Here are the materials in Unkechaug Indian Nation v. Seggos (E.D. N.Y.):

99 State MSJ

105 Unkechaug MSJ

114 State Reply

116 Unkechaug Reply

Prior post here.

SCOTUS Denies Cert in in Perkins v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Here is today’s order list.

Here are the cert stage materials.

Tenth Circuit Briefs in Crow Tribe v. Repsis

Ok, so it’s just one brief so far….

Here:

Opening Brief

State Response Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.

Wisconsin Tribes Sue to Stop State’s Idiotic Wolf Hunt

Here are the materials in Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin v. Cole (W.D. Wis.):

1 Complaint

19 Tribe Motion for Injunction