Supreme Court

SCOTUS Orders Additional Briefing in Murphy Case

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order.

Background materials here.

WaPo Op-Ed (Rebecca Nagle): “Half the land in Oklahoma could be returned to Native Americans. It should be.”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Oral Argument Transcript in Carpenter v. Murphy

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Background materials on the case here.

Opposition Briefs in Stand Up For California v. Dept. of Interior

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

North Fork Rancheria Opposition Brief

US Opposition Brief

UPDATE 12/12/18): Reply

Cert petition here.

Atlantic Profile on the Murphy Case: “Who Owns Oklahoma?”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Oral Argument Transcript in Sturgeon v. Frost II

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Background materials on the case here.

KUOW (Seattle): “Barred from SCOTUS for wearing a headdress”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Oral Argument Transcript in Cougar Den Case

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Briefs and other materials here.

Michigan Radio: “‘We’ve never had justice’: How the Supreme Court rigged land deals against native people”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

An excerpt:

“In many ways, it’s almost like gaslighting,” Wenona Singel says of the Johnson v. M’Intosh case. “You’re learning about … certain rights that are associated with property rights … knowing all along that these rights have not been respected, and were not enforced for your own ancestors.”

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Citizen Potawatomi Matter

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is today’s order list.

Cert stage materials here.