Federal Judiciary

Petition of the day

By Conor McEvily

Akin Gump serves as counsel in the following case, which is listed without regard to its likelihood of being granted:

Title: Osange Nation v. Irby
Docket: 10-537
Issue(s): (1) Whether, in determining whether Congress "disestablished an Indian reservation," pursuant to Solem v. Bartlett (1984), courts are limited to the statutory text, legislative history, and views of the Executive Branch or can instead also consider other external indicia; and (2) whether the lower court properly ruled a Native American tribe's reservation had been "disestablished."

Certiorari-Stage Documents:

• Opinion below (10th Circuit)
• Petition for certiorari

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on November 17, 2010 (boomark / email).