Brackeen v. Haaland (5th Circuit and lower courts)

U.S. Court of Appeals (5th Cir.)

** En Banc Materials

• En Banc Decision
• En Banc Oral Argument Audio
• Petition Stage Briefs
• Individual Plaintifs Petition for Rehearing
• State Plaintiffs Petition for Rehearing
• New Civil Liberties Alliance Amicus Brief
• Goldwater Institute, et al., Amicus Brief
• Christian Alliance for Indian Child Welfare Amicus Brief
• Tribes (Joint) Brief in Opposition
• United States Brief in Opposition
• Plaintiffs (Joint) Reply Brief
• United States Sur-Reply Brief
• Merits Stage Briefs
  • Amicus Briefs - Tribal Side
    • 486 Tribes and 59 Indian Organizations Brief
    • 26 States and DC Brief
    • Members of Congress Brief
    • Casey Family Programs and Child Welfare Organizations Brief
    • Indian Law Professors Brief
    • Administrative Law and Constitution Law Professors Brief
    • Professor Gregory Ablavsky Brief
    • Native American Women, Indian Tribes, and Organizations Brief
    • Quapaw Nation Brief
  • Defendants-Appellants Briefs
    • Navajo Nation Brief
    • Tribal Intervenor Defendants Brief
    • United States Brief
    • Federal Appellants’ En Banc Brief
    • Tribal Appellants’ Supplemental En Banc Brief
  • Amicus Briefs - Plaintiffs' Side
    • State of Ohio Brief
    • New Civil Liberties Alliance Brief
    • Christian Alliance for Indian Child Welfare Brief
    • Goldwater Inst. et al. Brief
    • Project on Fair Representation Brief
  • Plaintiffs-Appellees Briefs
    • State Plaintiffs' Supplemental Brief
    • Individual Plaintiffs' Supplemental Brief

 

**Panel Materials

• Opinion
• Defendants-Appellants' Briefs
• Navajo Motion to Intervene and Brief
• Tribal Intervenor Defendants Opening Brief
• United States Opening Brief
• Amicus Briefs - Tribal Side
• 21 States Amicus Brief
• 325 Tribes and 57 Indian Organization Amicus Brief
• Casey Family Programs et al Amicus Brief
• Constitutional Law Scholars Amicus Brief
• Indian Law Scholars Amicus Brief
• Members of Congress Amicus Brief
• Native American Women, et al., Amicus Brief
• Professor Ablavsky Amicus Brief
• United Keetoowah Band Motion for Leave and Amicus Brief
• Plaintiffs-Appellees' Briefs
• Individual Plaintiffs Response Brief
• State Plaintiffs' Response Brief
• Amicus Briefs - Plaintiffs' Side
• Christian Alliance for Indian Child Welfare Amicus Brief
• Goldwater Institute, et al., Amicus Brief
• Ohio Amicus Brief
• Project on Fair Representation Amicus Brief
• Defendants-Appellants' Reply Briefs
• Navajo Nation Reply Brief
• Tribal Defendants Reply Brief
• United States Reply Brief

U.S. District Court (N.D. Texas)

• Order on Summary Judgment