Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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13-1496 | 5th Cir. | Dec 7, 2015 | Jun 23, 2016 | 4-4 | Per Curiam | OT 2015 |
Disclosure: Goldstein & Russell, P.C., whose attorneys contribute to this blog in various capacities, is among the counsel to the petitioners in this case.
Issue: Whether Indian tribal courts have jurisdiction to adjudicate civil tort claims against nonmembers, including as a means of regulating the conduct of nonmembers who enter into consensual relationships with a tribe or its members. CVSG: 5/12/2015.
Judgment: Affirmed by an equally divided Court in a per curiam opinion on June 23, 2016.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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Jun 12 2014 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 18, 2014) |
Jul 8 2014 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 22, 2014, for all respondents. |
Jul 18 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of South Dakota Bankers Association filed. |
Aug 21 2014 | Brief of respondents Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, et al. in opposition filed. |
Sep 2 2014 | Reply of petitioners Dollar General Corporation, et al. filed. |
Sep 4 2014 | Supplemental brief of respondents Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, et al. filed. |
Sep 10 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2014. |
Oct 6 2014 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. |
May 12 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
May 19 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 4, 2015. |
May 19 2015 | Supplemental brief of petitioners Dollar General Corporation, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
Jun 8 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 11, 2015. |
Jun 15 2015 | Petition GRANTED. |
Jul 10 2015 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 14, 2015. |
Jul 10 2015 | The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 28, 2015. |
Jul 29 2015 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is further extended to and including August 31, 2015. |
Jul 29 2015 | The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is further extended to and including October 15, 2015. |
Aug 7 2015 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners. |
Aug 10 2015 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents. |
Aug 31 2015 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.) |
Aug 31 2015 | Brief of petitioners Dollar General Corporation, et al. filed. |
Sep 4 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of South Dakota Bankers Association filed. |
Sep 4 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Oklahoma, et al. filed. |
Sep 8 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. filed. |
Sep 8 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Association of American Railroads filed. |
Oct 9 2015 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 7, 2015 |
Oct 15 2015 | Brief of respondents Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, et al. filed. |
Oct 19 2015 | Record requested from U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit. |
Oct 21 2015 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Mississippi filed. |
Oct 22 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Puyallup Tribe of Indians, et al. filed. |
Oct 22 2015 | Brief amici curiae of National Congress of American Indians, et al. filed. |
Oct 22 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
Oct 22 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Historians and Legal Scholars Gregory Ablavsky, et al. filed. |
Oct 22 2015 | Brief amici curiae of The Cherokee Nation, et al. filed. |
Oct 22 2015 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
Oct 22 2015 | Brief amici curiae of National Indigenous Women's Resource Center, et al. filed. |
Oct 22 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Mississippi, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
Oct 27 2015 | CIRCULATED |
Nov 9 2015 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
Nov 16 2015 | Reply of petitioners Dollar General Corporation, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
Dec 7 2015 | Argued. For petitioners: Thomas C. Goldstein, Bethesda, Md. For respondents: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C.; and Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) |
Jun 23 2016 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED by an equally divided Court. Opinion per curiam. |
Jul 25 2016 | JUDGMENT ISSUED |
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