Here:
Buena Vista Rancheria Opposition
Question presented:
Whether, in an action by a third party against the Secretary of the Interior under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 551 et seq., a putative Indian tribe may invoke its sovereign immunity to prevent a court from reviewing the lawfulness of the Secretary’s decision to recognize it as a tribe.
Lower court materials here.
Here is the unpublished opinion.
Plaintiffs-Appellants are five members of the Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California (“the Tribe”) who seek to compel Defendants-Appellees, the Department of Interior and its officials (“the Department”), to recognize them as the Tribe’s leadership and negotiate self-determination contracts with them. The district court dismissed both of Plaintiffs-Appellants’ complaints for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and lack of standing. We review these dismissals de novo, Rhoades v. Avon Prods., Inc., 504 F.3d 1151, 1156 (9th Cir. 2007), and we affirm.
Briefs and other materials here.
Here:
Buena Vista Rancheria Opposition
The United States has waived its right to respond.
The cert petition is here.
Here are the briefs in United States v. Washington subproceeding 09-1:
Quinault & Quileute Tribes Opening Brief
Port Gamble and Jamestown S’Klallam Tribes Answer Brief
Here is today’s order list.
The Court denied cert in Dupris v. Procter and Hicks v. Hudson Insurance.
Here is the petition in National Parks Conservation v. EPA (CA9):
Hopi’s petition is here.
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