indian-tribe

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A715 Flying T Ranch, Inc., a Washington Corporation v. Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, a Federally Recognized Indian Tribe, et al. Washington 2025-12-18 Application adverse-possession indian-tribe nonreservation-land property-exception quiet-title tribal-sovereign-immunity Whether a common law immovable property exception exists that would abrogate tribal sovereign immunity for quiet title actions involving nonreservatio…
23-19 Bird Industries, Inc., et al. v. The Tribal Business Council of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation Eighth Circuit 2023-07-06 Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-clause civil-procedure contract contract-interpretation federal-jurisdiction indian-law indian-tribe jurisdictional-waiver sovereign-immunity tribal-law Does inclusion of a mandatory arbitration clause in an Agreement with an Indian Tribe waive the Tribe's sovereign immunity?
21-678 Big Sandy Rancheria Enterprises v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-11-08 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 28-usc-1362 cigarette-sales federal-charter federal-indian-law indian-reorganization-act indian-tribe preemption tribal-sovereignty 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…
21-237 James Clay, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-18 Denied Response Waived 25-usc-2 bureau-of-indian-affairs federal-regulations indian-tribe irs land-compensation secretary-of-interior tax-interpretation tribal-lands tribal-sovereignty Whether the clear language of Title 25 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and the exclusive authority over federally recognized Indian Tribes granted…
20-543 Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al. District of Columbia 2020-10-26 Judgment Issued Amici (1) administrative-law alaska-native-claims-settlement-act alaska-native-corporation cares-act indian-self-determination-and-education-assistance indian-tribe relief-funds statutory-interpretation tribal-government Whether Alaska Native regional and village corporations established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act are 'Indian Tribe[s]' for purp…
19-985 Native Wholesale Supply Company v. California, ex rel. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, et al. California 2020-02-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) contract-law indian-commerce-clause indian-reservation indian-tribe interstate-commerce personal-jurisdiction state-regulation tribal-corporation tribal-sovereignty Whether a contract for the purchase of goods entered into, and fully performed by, an Indian Tribe outside the exterior boundaries of the state in whi…
19-937 The Cherokee Nation v. David Bernhardt, Secretary of the Interior, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-01-27 Denied appropriations-law implied-repeal indian-sovereignty indian-tribe interior-secretary land-trust regulatory-prohibition reservation-boundaries sovereignty statutory-authority treaty-rights Whether the Secretary of the Interior exceeded his statutory authority
18-899 Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, et al. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied administrative-law administrative-proceeding federal-circuit indian-tribe inter-partes-review patent-challenge patent-law patent-office patent-trial-and-appeal-board sovereign-immunity tribal-sovereign-immunity Whether inter partes review before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board is the type of proceeding in which tribal sovereign immunity may be asserted