Osage Nation v. Irby
Petition for certiorari denied on June 27, 2011
Issue: (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."
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Petition of the day (Conor McEvily, November 17, 2010)
Briefs and Documents
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
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