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 2021 term. The links below will take you to each case's docket sheet, briefs, and, for select cases, the lower court materials.

October 2021 Term

Cert Granted:

• Denezpi v. United States (20-7622)
• Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta (21-429)
• Petitions Related to Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta
*Petitions have been Granted, Vacated, and Remanded. See GVR Order
• Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas (20-493)

Cert Denied:

• Acres Bonusing, Inc. v. Marston (21-1255)
• Adams v. Dodge (21-1451)
• Albrecht v. Riverside County (21-1298)
• Alexander v. Gwitchyaa Zhee Corp. (21-1393)
• Big Sandy Rancheria Enterprises v. Bonta (21-678)
• Caballero v. United States (21-1048)
• Clay v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (21-237)
• Dakota Access v. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (21-560)
• Denied Petitions Related to McGirt v. Oklahoma
• Grand River Enterprises Six Nations v. Boughton (21-279)
• Haggerty v. United States (21-516)
• Hawkins v. Haaland (21-520)
• Jamestown S'klallam Tribe v. Lummi Nation (21-913)
• Jamul Action Committee, et al. v. Simermeyer, et al. (20-1559)
• Klickitat County v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation (21-906)
• Ledford v. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (20-8455)
• Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians v. Whitmer (21-769)
• Penobscot Nation v. Frey (21-838)
• Perkins v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (20-1388)
• Samish Indian Nation v. Washington (21-1127)
• Scudero v. Alaska (21-1293)
• Self v. Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria (21-477)
• Snoqualmie v. Washington (21-1248)
• Stand Up for California! v. Department of the Interior (21-696)
• Tanner v. Cayuga Nation (21-749)
• Treppa v. Hengle (21-1138) (Rule 46 Dismissal)
• United States v. Frey (21-840)