No. 20-544

Alaska Native Village Corporation Association, Inc., et al. v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al.

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2020-10-26
Status: Judgment Issued
Type: Paid
Amici (3) Experienced Counsel
Tags: agency-practice alaska-native-claims-settlement-act alaska-native-corporations cares-act circuit-split federal-benefits indian-self-determination-act indian-self-determination-and-education-assistance statutory-interpretation tribal-recognition
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Related Cases: 20-543 (Vide)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether ANCs are "Indian tribes" under ISDEAA and therefore are eligible for emergency-relief funds under Title V of the CARES Act.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether ANCs are 'Indian tribes' under ISDEAA and therefore are eligible for emergency-relief funds under Title V of the CARES Act

Docket Entries

2021-07-27
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2021-03-30
CIRCULATED
2021-03-16
The record from the U.S.C.A. D.C. Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.
2021-03-16
The record received from the U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts is electronic and located on Pacer.
2021-03-15
Record requested.
2021-01-08
Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by US Senators Lisa Murkowski, et al. GRANTED.
2020-12-23
Reply of petitioners Alaska Native Village Corporation Association, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
2020-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-22
Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 15.5. filed.
2020-11-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 16, 2020, for all respondents.
2020-11-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 25, 2020 to December 16, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-11-04
Brief amicus curiae of State of Alaska filed.
2020-10-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 25, 2020)

Attorneys

Alaska Federation of Natives
James Hardwick ListerBirch Horton Bittner and Cherot, P.C., Amicus
Alaska Native Village Corporation Association, Inc., et al.
Paul D. ClementKirkland & Ellis LLP, Petitioner
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Nicole E. DucheneauxBig Fire Law & Policy Group, LLP, Respondent
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al., et al.
Riyaz Amir KanjiKanji & Kantzen, PLLC, Respondent
Professors and Historians
Colette RoutelMitchell Hamline School of Law, Amicus
State of Alaska
Laura Emily WolffThe State of Alaska, Amicus
Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
US Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and US Congressman Don Young
Christine Victoria WilliamsOutlook Law, LLC, Amicus
Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation
Jeffrey Scott RasmussenPatterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP, Respondent