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 Term 2025. The links below will take you to each case's docket sheet, briefs, and, for select cases, the lower court materials.

October Term 2025

Cert Granted

• Petersen v. Mi Familia Vota (25-1019)
• Republican National Committee v. Mi Familia Vota (25-1017)
• Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. Howe (25-253)

Cert Denied

• Alaska v. United States (25-320)
• Chinook Indian Nation v. Burgum (25-313)
• Flintco LLC v. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (25-764)
• Flying T Ranch, Inc. v. Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians (25-987)
• Jacobs v. Oregon Department of Human Services (25-6586)
• Lopez v. United States (25A1008)
• Martorello v. Williams (25-829)
• Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Michigan (25-165)
• Stroble v. Oklahoma Tax Commission (25-382)
• United States v. Hopson (25-1039)

Selected Cases of Interest

The Tribal Supreme Court Project also notes selected cases of interest at SCOTUS and lower courts. October 2025 Term cases:

Decided:

• Enbridge Energy, LP v. Nessel (24-783) (Removal time limits under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1446(b)(1))
• Galette v. New Jersey Transit Corporation (24-1021) (Interstate sovereign immunity from suit under federal law of a state created entity)
• Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections (23-1197) (Individual capacity suits for damages under RLUIPA)
• Louisiana v. Callais (24-109 & 24-110) (Voting Rights Act)
• Princess Azizi Kuulei Kaiama v. U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii (25-1044) (Removal to federal court of land title dispute)
• Trump v. Barbara (25-365) (Birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment Citizenship Clause)
• Watson v. Republican National Committee (24-1260) (Federal election day ballots)