self-governance

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-807 Will McRaney v. The North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2026-01-08 Pending Amici (1)Response Waived church-autonomy civil-law-claims internal-affairs ministerial-exception religious-institution self-governance Does the church autonomy doctrine apply to, and foreclose, civil law claims which are not disputes about the internal affairs or self-governance of a …
23-7210 Marqese Lynn Payne v. Janet Dowling, Warden Tenth Circuit 2024-04-12 Denied IFP civil-jurisdiction civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction due-process federal-jurisdiction indian-civil-rights-act indian-law reservation-boundaries self-governance statutory-interpretation territorial-law Did Congress pass the Organic Act of May 2, 1890, for State laws in Oklahoma, or did Congress pass the Territory Certain general laws of Arkansas (C. …
21-718 Hermandad de Empleados del Fondo del Seguro del Estado, et al. v. United States, et al. First Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied Response Waived civil-rights decolonization disenfranchisement due-process insular-cases self-governance territories-clause voting-rights Whether Petitioners have standing to challenge the constitutionality of PROMESA
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