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Eastern Shoshone Tribe v. Wyoming, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 14-9512, 14-9514 · judgment November 7, 2017

Certiorari denied · June 25, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 7% cert probability (95% interval 5%–12%)

Before the decision, about 1.8× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and a Tenth Circuit decision below.

Question presented

Whether Congress clearly intended in 1905 to diminish the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, home to the Eastern Shoshone Tribe. (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Seth P. Waxman
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

For respondent
Jodi Ann Darrough
Fremont County Attorney's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage

Related
Vide, 17-1159

Linked docket
17A751

Proceedings

  1. Jun 25 2018
    Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Jun 05 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/21/2018.
  3. Jun 04 2018
    Reply of petitioner Eastern Shoshone Tribe filed.
  4. May 18 2018
    Brief of respondent State of Wyoming in opposition filed. VIDED.
  5. May 18 2018
    Brief of respondent Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation in opposition filed. VIDED
  6. May 18 2018
    Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. VIDED
  7. Apr 20 2018
    Brief of intervenors respondents Fremont County, Wyoming, and City of Riverton, Wyoming in opposition filed. VIDED.
  8. Apr 18 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 18, 2018, for all respondents.
  9. Apr 17 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 23, 2018 to May 18, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  10. Mar 23 2018
    Brief amicus curiae of The National Congress of American Indians filed. VIDED.
  11. Mar 22 2018
    Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. VIDED.
  12. Mar 16 2018
    Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation, et al.. VIDED
  13. Mar 06 2018
    Motions to extend the time to file responses are granted and the time is extended to and including April 23, 2018, for all respondents.
  14. Mar 02 2018
    Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, State of Wyoming.
  15. Mar 01 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 23, 2018 to April 23, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  16. Mar 01 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 23, 2018 to April 23, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  17. Feb 16 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 23, 2018)
  18. Jan 17 2018
    Application (17A751) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 5, 2018 to March 7, 2018, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
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  19. Jan 17 2018
    Application (17A751) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until March 7, 2018.