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Eastern Shoshone Tribe v. Wyoming

Petition for certiorari denied on June 25, 2018

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Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
17-1164 N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2017

Issue: Whether"when the Supreme Court has instructed that only Congress may diminish the boundaries of an Indian reservation, and only when its intent is clear and plain" Congress clearly intended in 1905 to diminish the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, home to the Eastern Shoshone Tribe.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
01/17/2018Application (17A751) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 5, 2018 to March 7, 2018, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
01/17/2018Application (17A751) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until March 7, 2018.
02/16/2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 23, 2018)
03/01/2018Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 23, 2018 to April 23, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
03/01/2018Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 23, 2018 to April 23, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
03/02/2018Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, State of Wyoming.
03/06/2018Motions to extend the time to file responses are granted and the time is extended to and including April 23, 2018, for all respondents.
03/16/2018Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation, et al.. VIDED
03/22/2018Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. VIDED.
03/23/2018Brief amicus curiae of The National Congress of American Indians filed. VIDED.
04/17/2018Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 23, 2018 to May 18, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
04/18/2018Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 18, 2018, for all respondents.
04/20/2018Brief of intervenors respondents Fremont County, Wyoming, and City of Riverton, Wyoming in opposition filed. VIDED.
05/18/2018Brief of respondent State of Wyoming in opposition filed. VIDED.
05/18/2018Brief of respondent Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation in opposition filed. VIDED
05/18/2018Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. VIDED
06/04/2018Reply of petitioner Eastern Shoshone Tribe filed.
06/05/2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/21/2018.
06/25/2018Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.