Here is today’s order list.
Cert stage materials here, here, and here.
Supreme Court
SCOTUS Denies Cert in Flying T v. Stillaguamish
Here is today’s order list.
Cert stage materials in Flying T Ranch Inc. v. Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians here.
SCOTUS Denies Chinook Petition
SCOTUS Emergency Petition Materials in Oak Flat Land Transfer Stay Request
Here are the materials in Lopez v. United States:
Indian Law Scholars Amicus Brief in Birthright Citizenship Case
United States v. Hopson Cert Petition
Here:
Question presented:
Whether respondents—Indians charged with felony assault in Indian country under the Major Crimes Act in violation of 18 U.S.C. 113(a)(6) and (8) and 1153(a)— were entitled both to a jury instruction on a lesser included offense not listed in the Major Crimes Act and complete acquittal if the jury found them guilty of that lesser offense.
Lower court materials here.
Tribal Amicus Brief in Enbridge Energy L.P. v. Nessel
Flying T v. Stillaguamish Cert Petition [Immovable Property Exception to Sovereign Immunity]
Here is the petition in Flying T Ranch Inc. v. Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians:
Question presented:
Under the immovable-property rule, may a party sue an Indian tribe, without the latter’s consent, in a State court to quiet title to real property located in that State but which is not within the boundaries of the tribe’s reservation and is not held in trust by the United States?
Lower court materials here.
Martorello v. Williams Cert Petition [tribal sovereign lending]
Here:
Questions presented:
1. Whether the Indian Commerce Clause preempts state regulation of loans made on an Indian reservation, by an arm of a tribe, when the borrower contracts via the internet.
2. Whether a violation of the unlawful debt prohibition of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1962, requires scienter for civil liability.
Lower court materials here.
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