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 2012 term. The links below will take you to each case's docket sheet, briefs, and, for select cases, the lower court materials.

October 2012 Term

Cert Granted:

• Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl (12-515)
• U.S. v. Samish Indian Nation (11-1448)*
•     *Granted, Vacated, and Remanded. See GVR Order

Cert Denied:

• Bardos v. Twenty Nine Palms Enterprises (12-1381)
• Contour Spa at the Hard Rock v. Seminole Tribe of Florida (12-372)
• Craven v. Cobell (12-234)
• Furry v. Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida (12-376)
• Good Bear v. Cobell (12-355)(Rule 46 Withdrawal)
• Harvest Institute Freedmen Federation v. United States (12-504)
• Marceau v. Blackfeet Housing Authority (12-278)
• Miller v. Wright (12-1237)
• Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corporation (12-1072)
• New 49ers, Inc. v. Karuk Tribe of California (12-289)
• Oravec v. Cole (12-222)
• Young v. Fitzpatrick (11-1485)