Posted Wed, November 17th, 2010 1:33 am
Petition of the day
Akin Gump serves as counsel in the following case, which is listed without regard to its likelihood of being granted:
Osage Nation v. Irby
Docket: 10-537
Issue(s): (1) Whether, in determining whether Congress "disestablished an Indian reservation," pursuant to Solem v. Bartlett (1984), courts are limited to the statutory text, legislative history, and views of the Executive Branch or can instead also consider other external indicia; and (2) whether the lower court properly ruled that a Native American tribe's reservation had been "disestablished."
Certiorari stage documents:
- Opinion below (10th Circuit)
- Petition for certiorari
- Brief in opposition
- Amicus brief of the National Congress of American Indians
- Petitioner's reply
- Respondents' supplemental brief
- Petitioner's supplemental brief
CVSG Information:
- Invited: February 22, 2011
- Filed: May 27, 2011 (Deny)
Recommended Citation: Conor McEvily, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Nov. 17, 2010, 1:33 AM), http://www.scotusblog.com/2010/11/petition-of-the-day-45/
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