Klickitat County v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Penobscot and Yakama Cases

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is today’s order list.

Here are the materials in Penobscot Nation v. Frey.

Here are the materials in in Klickitat County v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation.

Klickitat County v. Yakama Nation Cert Petition

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the petition in Klickitat County v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation:

Cert Petition.pdfDownload

Questions presented:

1. Whether, or in what circumstances, a court may override an Act of Congress adopting a boundary for an Indian reservation, and set its own boundary.

2. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred by holding-in conflict with the decisions of this Court, including a decision involving the very boundary at issue-that the Reservation encompasses the area at issue.

Lower court materials here.

Klickitat Supplemental Brief

Yakama BIO

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