Here is today’s order list.
The denied petition is Acres Bonusing Inc. v. Marston — cert stage briefs here:
Lower court materials here.
cert petition
States’ Cert Petition in Navajo Nation Water Rights Case
Here is the petition in Arizona v. Navajo Nation:
Questions presented:
I. Does the Ninth Circuit Opinion, allowing the Nation to proceed with a claim to enjoin the Secretary to develop a plan to meet the Nation’s water needs and *ii manage the mainstream of the LBCR so as not to interfere with that plan, infringe upon this Court’s retained and exclusive jurisdiction over the allocation of water from the LBCR mainstream in Arizona v. California?
II. Can the Nation state a cognizable claim for breach of trust consistent with this Court’s holding in Jicarilla based solely on unquantified implied rights to water under the Winters Doctrine?
Lower court materials here.
Oklahoma’s “Indian Status” Cert Petition
Adams v. Dodge Cert Petition
Here:
Questions presented:
1. Whether federal plaintiffs seeking to challenge their non-federal prosecution on the basis of bad faith face a heightened pleading standard.
2. Whether actions taken by the clerk of a non-federal court to impede review of a habeas petition obviate the petitioner’s need to further exhaust remedies in that court.
Lower court materials here.
SCOTUS Denies Cert in Indian Tax Case — Albrecht v. Riverside County
SCOTUS Denies Cert in Two Indian Fishing Cases
Here is today’s order list.
The court denied cert in Scudero v. Alaska (cert stage materials) and Snoqualmie v. Washington (cert stage materials).
SCOTUS Denies Cert in Penobscot and Yakama Cases
Snoqualmie v. Washington Cert Petition
Here:
Questions presented:
- Whether the federal courts have the constitutional authority to unilaterally abrogate all rights guaranteed to an Indian tribe under a treaty with the United States absent congressional action.
- Whether the Ninth Circuit erred by applying issue preclusion to hold that Snoqualmie was not a party to the Treaty even though the Executive Branch expressly recognizes Snoqualmie as a Treaty party.
Lower court materials here.
Amicus briefs in support of the petition:
Becker v. Ute Indian Tribe Cert Petition
Here:
Questions presented:
Whether a federal court may force a non-consenting, non-Indian plaintiff to exhaust his claims in tribal court when the defendant tribe has expressly consented by contract to federal or state court jurisdiction and waived both sov- ereign immunity and tribal exhaustion.
Whether a state court may adjudicate a contractual dispute between a tribe and a non-Indian where the tribe has provided specific contrac- tual consent to state court jurisdiction; or in- stead, whether the Constitution or laws of the United States prohibit such exercises of state court jurisdiction unless the State has assumed general civil jurisdiction over tribal territory under Sections 1322 and 1326 of Title 25.
Lower court materials here.
Albrecht v. County of Riverside Cert Petition [Leasing Regs + Taxation Preemption]
Here:
Lower court materials here.
Questions presented:
- Do the federal regulations governing the leasing of Indian lands preempt state and local governments
from taxing the leasehold interest conveyed by the regulated leases? - Does the express preemption provision of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934—which prohibits
state taxes on “any interest in lands” that the government “acquire[s] pursuant to this Act … in trust
for [an] Indian tribe or individual Indian”—apply when the government acquires extended trust rights
pursuant to the Act?
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