| 25-987 |
Flying T Ranch, Inc., a Washington Corporation v. Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, a federally recognized Indian Tribe |
Washington |
2026-02-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
immovable-property-rule indian-tribes quiet-title state-court-jurisdiction tribal-sovereign-immunity trust-land |
Under the immovable-property rule, may a party sue an Indian tribe, without the latter's consent, in a State court to quiet title to real property loc… |
| 24-6364 |
Cedric Cromwell v. United States |
First Circuit |
2025-01-22 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-liability extortion hobbs-act indian-tribes official-right sovereign-immunity |
Prior to the case at bar, there had never been a single appellate decision in the Hobbs Act's 78-year history, published or unpublished, extending cri… |
| 22-227 |
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, et al. v. Brian W. Coughlin |
First Circuit |
2022-09-12 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (9)Relisted (2) |
abrogation bankruptcy-code circuit-split indian-tribes sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation tribal-sovereignty |
Whether the Bankruptcy Code expresses unequivocally Congress's intent to abrogate the sovereign immunity of Indian tribes. |
| 22-62 |
Big Horn County Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Alden Big Man, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-07-22 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-adjudicatory-jurisdiction electric-cooperative federal-regulation indian-tribes montana-exceptions montana-v-us nonmember-defendant nonmember-regulation subject-matter-jurisdiction tribal-court tribal-jurisdiction |
Whether an Indian tribal court has subject-matter jurisdiction to adjudicate a tribally created claim as an "other means" of regulating a nonmember fe… |
| 21-520 |
Gerald H. Hawkins, Individually and as a Trustee of the CN Hawkins Trust and Gerald H. Hawkins and Carol H. Hawkins Trust, et al. v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-10-08 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
federal-authority federal-government-authority federal-indian-trust-relationship indian-tribes indian-trust-assets klamath-indian-tribes land-management protocol-agreement standing trust-assets water-rights |
The United States is the owner of certain instream water rights within Oregon's Upper Klamath Basin. The federal government holds these water rights i… |
| 20-493 |
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, et al. v. Texas |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-15 |
Judgment Issued |
CVSGAmici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) |
cabazon-band federal-restoration-act gaming gaming-regulation indian-tribes legislative-interpretation native-american-rights regulatory-jurisdiction restoration-act state-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty ysleta-del-sur-pueblo |
Whether the Restoration Act provides the Pueblo with sovereign authority to regulate non-prohibited gaming activities on its lands (including bingo), … |
| 20-195 |
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe v. Tulalip Tribes, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-08-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
d-c-circuit indian-tribes judicial-decree judicial-precedent ninth-circuit precedent treaty-fishing-rights treaty-interpretation treaty-rights |
Whether the Ninth Circuit, in conflict with precedent of this Court and the D.C. Circuit, impermissibly narrowed a decades-old judicial decree so as t… |
| 18-1239 |
Havasupai Tribe v. Heather C. Provencio, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
consultation-requirement cultural-resources cultural-significance federal-agency federal-agency-consultation historic-preservation indian-tribes national-historic-preservation-act ongoing-project ongoing-project-supervision project-mitigation section-106 |
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation
Act ("NHPA"), 54 U.S.C. § 306108, requires federal
agencies to consult with Indian tribes and other … |
| 18-1218 |
Buchwald Capital Advisors LLC, Litigation Trustee to the Greektown Litigation Trust v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-03-20 |
Dismissed |
|
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-jurisdiction circuit-split civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-law indian-tribes sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation tribal-law |
Whether the Bankruptcy Code abrogates the sovereign immunity of Indian tribes. |
| 18-891 |
Sally Jim v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-10 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-interpretation due-process federal-indian-law income-taxation indian-tribes self-governance taxation treaty-interpretation tribal-lands tribal-sovereignty |
Whether treaties with Indian tribes must be construed consistent with that tribe's present-sense understanding of the treaty.
Whether the Miccosukee … |
| 18-873 |
Casino Pauma v. National Labor Relations Board |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-08 |
Denied |
|
chevron-deference civil-rights employee-solicitation indian-gaming-regulatory-act indian-tribes labor-law labor-solicitation national-labor-relations-act republic-aviation tribal-sovereignty |
For over seventy years, the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 151 et seq., was interpreted as not applying to Indian tribes according to admin… |