Court Documents
The Tribal Supreme Court Project collects court documents for selected Indian law cases pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. This page lists the cases before the Court during the October 2006 term. The links below will take you to each case's docket sheet, briefs, and, for select cases, the lower court materials.
October 2006 Term
Cert Granted:
- BP America v. Burton, et al. (formerly Watson) (05-669)
- Zuni Public School District, et al. v. Department of Education, et al. (05-1508)
Cert Denied:
- Allen v. Gold Country Casino (06-8562)
- Bruner v. Oklahoma (05-1470)
- Burgess v. Watters (06-8943)
- Burrell v. Armijo (06-721)
- Cobell v. Kempthorne (06-867 - Injunction)
- Cobell v. Kempthorne (06-868 - Recusal)
- Dark-Eyes v. Conn. Commissioner of Revenue Services (05-1464)
- Davidson v. Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (06-9344)
- The Delaware Nation v. Pennsylvania, et al. (06-364)
- Doe v. Kamehameha Schools (06-1202; petition withdrawn)
- LeBeau v. U.S. (06-1427)
- Means v. Navajo Nation (05-1614)
- Morris v. Tanner (05-1285)
- Murphy v. State of Oklahoma (05-10787)
- Naftaly (Michigan State Tax Commission) v. Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (06-429)
- Narragansett Indian Tribe v. Rhode Island, et al. (06-414)
- New Mexico v. Romero. (06-765)
- Oneida Indian Nation of New York v. Peterman, et al. (06-470)
- San Carlos Apache. v. Arizona, et al. (06-173)
- South Dakota, et al. v. Department of the Interior, et al. (05-1428)
- Utah v. Shivwits Band of Paiute Indians (05-1160)
- Walton v. Tesuque Pueblo, et al. (06-361)
- Wright v. Colville Tribal Enterprise Corp. (06-1229; petition withdrawn)
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