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Supplemental Briefs on Standing in Hooper v. Tulsa

May 25, 2023Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Hooper Supplemental Brief on Standing.pdf Download

Tulsa Supplemental Brief.pdf Download

Hooper Supplemental Reply.pdf Download

Oral argument audio here.

Briefs here.

Jaune Smith

Ninth Circuit Rules against Sauk-Suiatte in U&A Matter

May 1, 2023Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Upper Skagit Indian Tribe v. Sauk-Suiatte Indian Tribe.

Briefs and so on here.

Jaune Smith — it’s as if I took a lot of close-up shots at a Whitney exhibition of her work. . . .

Oral Argument in LDF v. Coughlin

April 25, 2023Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Audio here.

Transcript here.

Tenth Circuit Oral Argument Audio in Hooper v. City of Tulsa

March 24, 2023Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Briefs here.

Teepee incense here:

Ninth Circuit En Banc Oral Argument in Apache Stronghold v. United States

March 22, 2023Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Briefs here.

En banc stage amicus briefs here.

SCOTUSBlog Recap of Arizona v. Navajo Nation Oral Argument

March 21, 2023March 21, 2023Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “Justices appear divided over Navajo Nation’s water rights.”

Background materials on the case are here.

According to the U.S., this area is entitled only to the water that the Navajos can find there.

Ninth Circuit Oral Argument in Swinomish v. Lummi [U.S. v. Washington subproceeding 19-01]

November 15, 2022Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Briefs here.

Ninth Circuit Oral Argument in Upper Skagit v. Sauk-Suiattle [U.S. v. Washington subproceeding 20-01]

November 15, 2022November 15, 2022Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Briefs here.

Four White Men to Argue Brackeen

November 3, 2022Matthew L.M. Fletcher

It’s now been 21+ years since the last Indigenous person argued a Supreme Court; 39 tribal or individual Indian parties since that time.

SCOTUSBlog Recap of Castro-Huerta Oral Argument

April 28, 2022Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “With historical promises in mind, justices weigh state criminal jurisdiction in Indian country.”

Previews of the case are here.

Background materials are here.

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