| 25-313 |
Chinook Indian Nation, et al. v. Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-09-17 |
Pending |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse Waived |
administrative-law court-recognition federal-jurisdiction indian-law statutory-interpretation tribal-recognition |
Does a federal court have jurisdiction to recognize the existence of an Indian tribe where the findings in the Indian Tribe List Act provide that 'Ind… |
| 24-1217 |
Kurt Kanam v. Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-05-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure agency-action federal-indian-law judicial-jurisdiction rule-60 tribal-recognition |
Whether the Rule 60 motion should be granted due to alleged lack of jurisdiction and agency misconduct in tribal recognition proceedings |
| 24-1019 |
Kurt Kanam v. Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-03-24 |
Denied |
|
administrative-law declaratory-relief federal-indian-law injunctive-relief mandamus tribal-recognition |
Whether the Supreme Court can review administrative tribal recognition under the List Act and determine the appropriate judicial remedy for lack of ad… |
| 24-5866 |
Edward Moses v. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-10-31 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
attorney-sanctions clearly-erroneous-standard constitutional-challenge federal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity tribal-recognition |
Whether Emperor Moses is entitled to an injunction barring state officials from operating within the Atakapa Indian Nation based on the constitutional… |
| 23-839 |
David Littlefield, et al. v. Department of the Interior, et al. |
First Circuit |
2024-02-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
carcieri-v-salazar federal-jurisdiction indian-reorganization-act land-into-trust secretary-of-interior tribal-recognition tribal-status |
Whether the decision of the court of appeals conflicts with Carcieri? |
| 20-544 |
Alaska Native Village Corporation Association, Inc., et al. v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2020-10-26 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (3) |
agency-practice alaska-native-claims-settlement-act alaska-native-corporations cares-act circuit-split federal-benefits indian-self-determination-act indian-self-determination-and-education-assistance statutory-interpretation tribal-recognition |
Whether ANCs are 'Indian tribes' under ISDEAA and therefore are eligible for emergency-relief funds under Title V of the CARES Act |
| 18-61 |
Stand Up for California!, et al. v. Department of the Interior, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2018-07-11 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
best-interest-of-tribe detrimental-impacts detrimental-to-community gaming-exception indian-gaming-regulatory-act indian-reorganization-act off-reservation-gaming off-reservation-land surrounding-community tribal-affiliation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-recognition trust-land |
Whether the Secretary may conclude that a casino would not be detrimental to the surrounding community' despite uncontroverted evidence the casino wil… |