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United States v. Aaron M. Frey, Attorney General of Maine, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 16-1424, 16-1435, 16-1474, 16-1482 · judgment July 8, 2021
Before the decision, about 14.8× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a federal-government petitioner, counsel who has won certiorari before, and a First Circuit decision below, and down for a state or local-government respondent.
Question presented
Whether the Penobscot Indian Reservation includes only the uplands of the islands in the main stem of the Penobscot River or also includes the surrounding River, where the Penobscot have fished, hunted, and trapped since time immemorial. (I)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
For respondent
Kimberly Leehaug Patwardhan
Office of the Maine Attorney General
Proceedings
- Apr 18 2022Petition DENIED.
- Mar 24 2022Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
- Mar 23 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
- Mar 04 2022Brief of respondents Aaron M. Frey, Attorney General of Maine, et al. in opposition filed.
- Jan 06 2022Brief amicus curiae of The Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission filed. VIDED.
- Jan 06 2022Brief amici curiae of Members of the Congressional Native American Caucus filed. VIDED.
- Dec 29 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 7, 2022, for all respondents.
- Dec 27 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 6, 2022 to March 7, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
- Dec 22 2021Brief amici curiae of National Congress of American Indians and USET Sovereignty Protection Fund filed.
- Dec 03 2021