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Native Wholesale Supply Company v. California, ex rel. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, et al.
Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, Third Appellate District, No. C084031, C084961 · judgment July 2, 2019
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether a contract for the purchase of goods entered into, and fully performed by, an Indian Tribe outside the exterior boundaries of the state in which the Tribe’s reservation is located can constitutionally subject the out of state vendor to the specific personal jurisdiction of the buyer’s state, under state laws purporting to regulate the sale of those goods in the buyer’s state.
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Whether a state has specific personal jurisdiction to regulate a purchase of goods contract between an Indian on an Indian reservation outside the state and an Indian Tribe located within the state’s boundaries when the contract is performed on the out of state Indian reservation.
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Whether there is a constitutional or statutory right afforded to an Indian of one tribe to conduct business free from state regulation with an Indian of a different tribe, both of which are located in Indian country, under the Indian Commerce Clause.
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Whether a tribally chartered corporation wholly owned by a member of a federally recognized Indian Tribe is an Indian for purposes of the protections afforded to Indians under federal law.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Randolph Henry Barnhouse
Barnhouse Keegan Solimon & West LLP
For respondent
Joshua A. Klein
California Department of Justice
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2020Petition DENIED.
- Jun 25 2020Reply of petitioner Native Wholesale Supply Company filed. (Distributed)
- Jun 24 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
- Jun 11 2020Motion of Native Wholesale Supply Company for an extension of time not accepted for filing. (June 15, 2020 - to be corrected)
- Jun 05 2020Brief of respondent California, ex rel. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General in opposition filed.
- Apr 22 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including June 5, 2020.
- Apr 21 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 6, 2020 to June 5, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
- Mar 16 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 6, 2020.
- Mar 13 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 6, 2020 to May 6, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
- Mar 05 2020Response Requested. (Due April 6, 2020)
- Feb 26 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
- Feb 19 2020Waiver of right of respondent California, ex rel. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General to respond filed.
- Feb 03 2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 9, 2020)
- Dec 05 2019Application (19A629) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 3, 2020.
- Dec 03 2019Application (19A629) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 24, 2019 to February 3, 2020, submitted to Justice Kagan.