No. 21-678

Big Sandy Rancheria Enterprises v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response Waived
Tags: 28-usc-1362 cigarette-sales federal-charter federal-indian-law indian-reorganization-act indian-tribe preemption tribal-sovereignty
Key Terms:
Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2022-02-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an Indian tribe incorporated by federal charter under section 17 of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 is authorized to bring suit under 28 U.S.C. § 1362

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether an Indian tribe incorporated by federal charter under section 17 of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 (25 U.S.C. § 5124) is an “Indian tribe or band with a governing body duly recognized by the Secretary of the Interior” authorized to bring suit under 28 US.C. § 1362. 2. Whether the Indian Trader Statutes (25 U.S.C. §§ 261-263) or the Bracker balancing test (see White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker, 448 U.S. 136 (1980)) preempts the State of California’s regulation of intertribal cigarette sales, where an Indian tribe sells tribally manufactured cigarettes to Indian tribal buyers on their home reservations.

Docket Entries

2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-20
Reply of petitioner Big Sandy Rancheria Enterprises filed.
2022-01-11
Waiver of right of respondent Nicolas Maduros, Director of the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to respond filed.
2022-01-07
Brief of respondent Attorney General of California in opposition filed.
2021-12-06
Brief amici curiae of Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, et al. filed.
2021-11-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 7, 2022.
2021-11-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 8, 2021 to January 7, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-11-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 8, 2021)

Attorneys

Attorney General of California
Aimee Athena FeinbergCalifornia Department of Justice, Respondent
Aimee Athena FeinbergCalifornia Department of Justice, Respondent
Big Sandy Rancheria Enterprises
Tim Joseph HennessyPeebles Kidder Bergin & Robinson LLP, Petitioner
Tim Joseph HennessyPeebles Kidder Bergin & Robinson LLP, Petitioner
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, et al.
Randolph Henry BarnhouseBarnhouse Keegan Solimon & West LLP, Amicus
Randolph Henry BarnhouseBarnhouse Keegan Solimon & West LLP, Amicus
Nicolas Maduros, Director of the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration
Michael J. von LoewenfeldtWagstaffe, von Loewenfeldt, Busch & Radwick LLP, Respondent
Michael J. von LoewenfeldtWagstaffe, von Loewenfeldt, Busch & Radwick LLP, Respondent