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Northern Arapaho Tribe v. Wyoming

Petition for certiorari denied on June 25, 2018

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Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
17-1159 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 evinced a clear and plain intent in the 1905 Act to diminish the Wind River Reservation by nearly two-thirds simply by using language of cession.

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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 26, 2018)
03/01/2018Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 26, 2018 to April 23, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
03/01/2018Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 26, 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.
03/14/2018Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Northern Arapaho Tribe.
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 United States 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.
06/04/2018Reply of petitioner Northern Arapaho 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.