Petition of the Day
Today's first petition of the day is:
Daugaard v. Yankton Sioux Tribe
Docket: 10-929
Issue(s): Whether the Act of 1894 disestablished the Yankton Sioux Reservation.
Certiorari stage documents:
- Opinion below (8th Circuit)
- Petition for certiorari
- Brief of respondent United States in opposition
- Brief of respondent Yankton Sioux Tribe in opposition
- Petitioners' reply
- Amicus brief of Charles Mix Electrical Association et al.
- Amicus brief of Wagner Community School District No. 11-4 (forthcoming)
- Amicus brief of Colin Soukup et al. (forthcoming)
- Amicus brief of Randall Community Water District (forthcoming)
- Amicus brief of City of Dante et al.
- Brief of cross-respondents Governor and Attorney General (forthcoming)
Today’s second petition of the day is:
Southern Missouri Recycling and Waste Management Dist. v. Yankton Sioux Tribe
Docket: 10-931
Issue(s): Whether the Act of 1894 disestablished the Yankton Sioux Reservation.
Certiorari stage documents:
- Opinion below (8th Circuit)
- Petition for certiorari
- Amicus brief of Charles Mix Electric Association et al.
- Amicus brief of Colin Soukup et al. (forthcoming)
- Amicus brief of City of Dante et al.
- Amicus brief of Randall Community Water District (forthcoming)
- Amicus brief of Wagner Community School District No. 11-4 (forthcoming)
Today’s third petition of the day is:
Hein v. Yankton Sioux Tribe
Docket: 10-932
Issue(s): Whether Congress disestablished the Yankton Sioux Reservation with the Act of 1894.
Certiorari stage documents:
- Opinion below (8th Circuit)
- Petition for certiorari
- Brief of respondent Yankton Sioux Tribe in opposition
- Brief of respondent United States in opposition
- Amicus brief of Charles Mix Electric Association et al.
- Amicus brief of Colin Soukup et al. (forthcoming)
- Amicus brief of Wagner Community School District No. 11-4 (forthcoming)
- Amicus brief of Randall Community Water District (forthcoming)
- Amicus brief of City of Dante et al.
- Reply of petitioner Charles Mix County
Today’s fourth petition of the day is:
Yankton Sioux Tribe v. Daugaard
Docket: 10-1058
Issue(s): Whether the Yankton Sioux Reservation includes all lands within its original boundaries other than those the Tribe ceded to the United States for sale to non-Indians in the Act of 1894.
Certiorari stage documents:
- Opinion below (8th Circuit)
- Conditional cross-petition for certiorari
- Brief of the United States in opposition
- Cross-petitioners' reply
- Brief of conditional cross-respondent Charles Mix County
- Brief of conditional cross-respondent Governor and Attorney General
- Brief of cross-respondent Southern Missouri Waste Management and Recycling
Recommended Citation: Conor McEvily, Petition of the Day, SCOTUSblog (Apr. 14, 2011, 2:50 PM), http://www.scotusblog.com/2011/04/petition-of-the-day-110/





