Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak

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• Salazar v. Patchak

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
11-246	D.C. Cir.	Apr 24, 2012 Tr.Aud.	TBD	TBD	TBD	OT 2011

Issue: (1) Whether the Quiet Title Act and its reservation of the United States' sovereign immunity in suits involving "trust or restricted Indian lands" apply to all suits concerning land in which the United States "claims an interest," 28 U.S.C. § 2409a(a), or whether they apply only when the plaintiff claims title to the land; and (2) whether prudential standing to sue under federal law can be based on either (i) the plaintiff's ability to "police" an agency's compliance with the law or (ii) interests protected by a different federal statute than the one on which suit is based.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

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• Petition of the day

Briefs and Documents

Merits Briefs for the Petitioners

• Brief for the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of the Pottawatomie Indians
• Reply Brief for Petitioner Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomie Indians
• Brief for the Federal Petitioners
• Reply Brief for the Federal Petitioners

Amicus Briefs in Support of the Petitioners

• Brief for the National Congress of American Indians and Native American Finance Officers Assn.
• Brief for Wayland Township et al.

Merits Briefs for the Respondents

• Brief for David Patchak

Certiorari-stage documents

• Opinion below (D.C. Cir.)
• Petition for certiorari
• Brief in opposition
• Amicus brief of Wayland Township, Allegan County
• Amicus brief of National Congress of American Indians
• Petitioner's reply