No. 19-403
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas v. Texas
Amici (2)
Experienced Counsel
Tags: agency-interpretation federal-indian-law fifth-circuit gaming gaming-prohibition gaming-regulation indian-gaming indian-gaming-regulatory-act multi-circuit-conflict national-indian-gaming-commission statutory-interpretation tribal-lands tribal-sovereignty trust-lands trust-statutes
Latest Conference:
2020-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether IGRA authorizes gaming on tribal lands previously governed by trust statutes that prohibited gaming, as the National Indian Gaming Commission, the Department of the Interior, and the First Circuit have concluded, or not, as the Fifth Circuit has held.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether IGRA authorizes gaming on tribal lands previously governed by trust statutes that prohibited gaming
Docket Entries
2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-20
Reply of petitioner Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas filed.
2019-12-09
Brief of respondent State of Texas in opposition filed.
2019-10-25
Brief amici curiae of National Congress of American Indians, National Indian Gaming Association, and USET Sovereignty Protection Fund filed.
2019-10-25
Brief amicus curiae of Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe of Texas filed.
2019-10-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 9, 2019.
2019-10-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 25, 2019 to December 9, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-09-26
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas.
2019-09-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 25, 2019)
2019-08-14
Application (19A172) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until September 23, 2019.
2019-08-12
Application (19A172) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 22, 2019 to September 23, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.
Attorneys
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
Allyson Ho — Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Petitioner
National Congress of American Indians, National Indian Gaming Association, and USET Sovereignty Protection Fund
Daniel David Lewerenz — Amicus
State of Texas
Kyle Douglas Hawkins — Texas Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe of Texas