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 2020 term. The links below will take you to each case's docket sheet, briefs, and, for select cases, the lower court materials.

October 2020 Term

Cert Granted:

• Alaska Native Village Corporation Association v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation (20-544)
• Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation (20-543)
• United States v. Cooley (19-1414)
• Wilson v. Oklahoma (19-8126)
  *Granted, Vacated, and Remanded. See GVR Order.

Cert Denied:

• Brown v. Polk County (20-982)
*See Statement of Justice Sotomayor respecting the denial of certiorari
• Club One Casino v. Bernhardt (20-846)
• Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation v. Yakima County (20-753)
• Crossett v. Emmet County (20-1485)
• Eglise Baptiste Bethanie De Ft. Lauderdale, et al. v. Seminole Tribe of Florida, et al. (20-791)
• FMC Corporation v. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (19-1143)
• Gilbert v. Weahke (20-1487)
• In Re Scott Louis Youngbear (20-78)
• Muckleshoot Indian Tribe v. Tulalip Tribes (20-195)
• Native Wholesale Supply Company v. California, ex rel. Xavier Becerra (19-985)
• Nobles v. North Carolina (20-87)
• Oxendine-Taylor v. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (20-7559)
• Phillips, et al. v. Oneida Indian Nation (20-1675)
• Pierson v. Hudson Insurance Company (20-1508)
• Rogers County Board of Tax Roll Corrections, et al. v. Video Gaming Technologies, Inc. (19-1298)
• Seneca County v. Cayuga Indian Nation of New York (20-1210)