Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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12-515 | 6th Cir. | Dec 2, 2013 | May 27, 2014 | 5-4 | Kagan | OT 2013 |
Holding: Michigan's suit against the Bay Mills Indian Community to enjoin the tribe from operating a gaming facility on non-Indian lands is barred by tribal sovereign immunity.
Judgment: Affirmed and remanded, 5-4, in an opinion by Justice Kagan on May 27, 2014. Justice Sotomayor filed a concurring opinion. Justice Scalia filed a dissenting opinion. Justice Thomas filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Scalia, Justice Ginsburg, and Justice Alito joined. Justice Ginsburg filed a dissenting opinion.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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Oct 23 2012 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 26, 2012) |
Nov 3 2012 | Waiver of right of respondent Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians to respond filed. |
Nov 26 2012 | Brief of respondent Bay Mills Indian Community in opposition filed. |
Dec 6 2012 | Reply of petitioner Michigan filed. |
Dec 12 2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 4, 2013. |
Jan 7 2013 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. |
May 14 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
May 24 2013 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Michigan filed. |
May 28 2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 13, 2013. |
Jun 17 2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 20, 2013. |
Jun 24 2013 | Petition GRANTED. |
Jul 26 2013 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 30, 2013. |
Jul 26 2013 | The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 24, 2013. |
Aug 30 2013 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
Aug 30 2013 | Brief of petitioner Michigan filed. |
Sep 6 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of State of Oklahoma filed. |
Sep 6 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed. |
Sep 17 2013 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, December 2, 2013. |
Sep 17 2013 | CIRCULATED |
Sep 19 2013 | Record from U.S.C.A. for 6th Circuit is electronic (Not on PACER). |
Sep 19 2013 | Record from U.S.D.C. for Western District of Michigan is electronic and located on PACER. |
Oct 17 2013 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent. |
Oct 22 2013 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
Oct 24 2013 | Brief of respondent Bay Mills Indian Community filed. (Distributed) |
Oct 24 2013 | Letter proposing a lodging of a copy of arguments and decision in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in Chadick v. Duncan, No.15,317 (D.C. March 2, 1894) received from counsel for the respondent. (Distributed) |
Oct 31 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed) |
Oct 31 2013 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
Oct 31 2013 | Brief amici curiae of National Congress of American Indians, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
Oct 31 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Seminole Tribe of Florida, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
Oct 31 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Scholars of American Indian Law filed. (Distributed) |
Nov 5 2013 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party received from respondent Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians. |
Nov 18 2013 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
Nov 22 2013 | Reply of petitioner Michigan filed. (Distributed) |
Dec 2 2013 | Argued. For petitioner: John J. Bursch, Michigan Solicitor General, Lansing, Mich. For respondents: Neal Kumar Katyal, Washington, D. C.; and Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) |
May 27 2014 | Judgment is affirmed and case remanded. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a concurring opinion. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Scalia, Ginsburg, and Alito, JJ., joined. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion. |
Jun 30 2014 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
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