SCOTUSBlog Preview of LDF v. Coughlin

Here.

ABA SEER “Community Conversation” re: Arizona v. Navajo Nation Supreme Court Argument

Here.

Title: Arizona v. Navajo Nation, U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument Debrief

Date/Time: April 20, 2023, 12–1 pm Mountain Time.

Registration link: https://americanbar.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIqf-uprDgtHNJdop7wBRttqIpyu3j9-Xw2#/registration

Description: Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments in Arizona v. Navajo Nation, a case that pertains to the Navajo Nation’s claims to water rights in the mainstem of the Colorado River and the United States’ trust obligation to assess and assert those rights under the Court’s more-than-century-old Winters doctrine. Although this current case ostensibly relates to one Tribe’s rights to one specific water source, the forthcoming Supreme Court ruling could have ripple effects for Native Nations across the United States as they seek to assert, quantify, and settle their water rights in ongoing adjudications nationwide. Join law professors Heather Whiteman Runs Him (University of Arizona), Derrick Beetso (Arizona State University), and Heather Tanana (University of Utah) for a discussion about the Arizona v. Navajo Nation oral arguments, the potentially wide-ranging implications of the case, and their work on the amicus briefs they coauthored and submitted to the Court, during this free virtual event sponsored by the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources’ (SEER) Native American Resources Committee and Water Resources Committee.

Sauk-Suiattle v. Seattle Cert Petition

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Questions presented:

  1. Is the court-created “futility” doctrine, which allows a United States court to decide a case removed from state court even though it lacks jurisdiction, repugnant to Article III of the Constitution?
  2. Does application of the so-called “futility” doctrine by a United States court to decide a case over which it lacks jurisdiction contravene 28 U.S.C. 1447(c), the plain language of which requires remand of the cause to the state court from which it was removed?
  3. Should the Supreme Court grant certiorari to reconcile a conflict among the circuit courts of appeal regarding the validity of the futility doctrine?

Lower court materials here.

SCOTUS Asks for Supplemental Briefing in Brackeen and Navajo on the Pope’s Repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery

Here.

SCOTUSBlog Recap of Arizona v. Navajo Nation Oral Argument

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.

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Challenge to Spokane Tribe Water Agreement

Here is today’s order list.

The denied petition is Sulgrove v. Spokane Indian Tribe.

Lower court materials here.

This has nothing to do with this case.

SCOTUSBlog Preview of Arizona v. Navajo Nation

Here is “As drought persists in the west, justices to consider Navajo Nation’s rights to Colorado River.”

Background materials on the case are here.

SCOTUS Sets Oral Argument Dates for Navajo and LDF Cases

Arizona v. Navajo will be argued on March 20, 2023.

LDF v. Coughlin will be argued on April 24, 2023.

Lunch in Indian Country CLE: Supreme Court Update on Indian Law [with Fletcher]

Supreme Court Update on Indian Law

Co-Sponsored by the State Bar of Arizona and the State Bar’s Indian Law Section

January 18, 2023, 12:00-1:00 MST

1.0 Total CLE Unit

Join Professor Matthew Fletcher as he reviews the most recent Supreme Court decisions affecting Indian Country.

Faculty:

Matthew Fletcher, Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law, Michigan Law

 
Chairpersons:
Doreen McPaul, President, Tribal In-House Counsel Association
Virjinya Torrez, Assistant Attorney General, Pascua Yaqui Tribe

Register: https://azbar.inreachce.com/Details/Information/1661e72a-831b-45a2-ad84-a06a235557ee

SCOTUS Grants LDF v. Coughlin

Here is the order.

Cert stage briefs here.