No. 22-227

Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, et al. v. Brian W. Coughlin

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2022-09-12
Status: Judgment Issued
Type: Paid
Amici (9)Relisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: abrogation bankruptcy-code circuit-split indian-tribes sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation tribal-sovereignty
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Latest Conference: 2023-01-13 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Bankruptcy Code expresses unequivocally Congress's intent to abrogate the sovereign immunity of Indian tribes

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Bankruptcy Code _ expresses unequivocally Congress’s intent to abrogate the sovereign immunity of Indian tribes. @)

Docket Entries

2023-07-17
Judgment issued.
2023-06-15
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Jackson, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/22-227_i426.pdf'>opinion</a> of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
2023-04-24
Argued. For petitioners: Pratik A. Shah, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Gregory G. Rapawy, Washington, D. C.; and Austin Raynor, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
2023-04-14
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
2023-04-13
Reply of petitioners Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2023-03-31
Brief amicus curiae of Separation of Powers Clinic filed. (Distributed)
2023-03-31
Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
2023-03-31
2023-03-31
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
2023-03-30
Brief amicus curiae of Citizens Equal Rights Foundation filed. (Distributed)
2023-03-30
2023-03-24
2023-03-24
CIRCULATED
2023-03-10
All records from the Massachusetts Bankruptcy Court are available on PACER.
2023-03-06
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED.
2023-03-01
2023-03-01
2023-02-22
Brief of petitioners Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, et al. filed.
2023-02-16
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, et al.
2023-02-16
All records from the U.S.C.A.-1st Circuit are available on PACER. Record request was transmitted to the Massachusetts Bankruptcy Court for response.
2023-02-08
Record requested from the U.S.C.A.-1st Circuit.
2023-01-31
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 24, 2023.
2023-01-13
Petition GRANTED.
2023-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/13/2023.
2022-11-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-11-22
Reply of petitioners Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, et al. filed.
2022-11-08
2022-10-12
Brief amicus curiae of Native American Financial Services Association filed.
2022-10-12
2022-10-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 14, 2022. See Rule 30.1.
2022-10-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 12, 2022 to November 11, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-09-08
2022-07-13
Application (22A23) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until September 8, 2022.
2022-07-08
Application (22A23) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 4, 2022 to September 8, 2022, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Brian W. Coughlin
Gregory Gerber RapawyKellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Respondent
Gregory Gerber RapawyKellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Respondent
Citizens Equal Rights Foundation
Lawrence A. KoganThe Kogan Law Group, P.C., Amicus
Lawrence A. KoganThe Kogan Law Group, P.C., Amicus
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, et al.
Pratik Arvind ShahAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, Petitioner
Pratik Arvind ShahAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, Petitioner
NACBA, NCBRC, Legal Aid Chicago, Hon. Judith Fitzgerald, Hon. Joan Feeney, Hon. Phillip Shefferly, Hon. Eugene Wedoff, Hon. Steven Rhodes and Hon. Carol Kenner
George Eric Brunstad Jr.Dechert LLP, Amicus
George Eric Brunstad Jr.Dechert LLP, Amicus
National Assn of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center
Daniel J. BusselKTBS Law LLP, Amicus
Daniel J. BusselKTBS Law LLP, Amicus
Native American Financial Services Association
Tyson Clinton KadeVan Ness Feldman, LLP, Amicus
Tyson Clinton KadeVan Ness Feldman, LLP, Amicus
Professors of Federal Indian Law
April Dennise Youpee-Roll — Amicus
April Dennise Youpee-Roll — Amicus
Kaighn Smith Jr.Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon, Amicus
Kaighn Smith Jr.Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon, Amicus
Public Citizen, National Consumer Law Center, and National Ass'n of Consumer Advocates
Allison M. ZievePublic Citizen Litigation Group, Amicus
Allison M. ZievePublic Citizen Litigation Group, Amicus
Separation of Powers Clinic
R. Trent McCotterAntonin Scalia Law School/George Mason University, Amicus
R. Trent McCotterAntonin Scalia Law School/George Mason University, Amicus
The Navajo Nation
Paul Wesley SpruhanNavajo Naton Department of Justice, Amicus
Paul Wesley SpruhanNavajo Naton Department of Justice, Amicus
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Amicus
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Amicus