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Massachusetts v. The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 16-1137 · judgment April 10, 2017

Certiorari denied · January 8, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Elizabeth Napier Dewar
Office of the Attorney General

For respondent
Lael Echo-Hawk
Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Related
Vide, 17-216

Proceedings

  1. Jan 08 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 26 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018.
  3. Dec 08 2017
    Rescheduled.
  4. Nov 20 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2017.
  5. Nov 20 2017
    Reply of petitioner Commonwealth of Massachusetts filed. (Distributed)
  6. Nov 06 2017
    Brief of respondents The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
  7. Sep 06 2017
    Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 13, 2017.
  8. Aug 08 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 11, 2017)
  9. Aug 08 2017
    Appendix of Commonwealth of Massachusetts filed.