No. 23-250

Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. San Carlos Apache Tribe

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-09-15
Status: Judgment Issued
Type: Paid
Relisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: contract-support-costs federal-funding federal-health-care indian-health-service indian-self-determination-act indian-self-determination-and-education-assistance statutory-interpretation third-party-payors tribal-contracts tribal-sovereignty
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Latest Conference: 2023-11-17 (distributed 2 times)
Related Cases: 23-253 (Vide)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether IHS must pay "contract support costs" not only to support IHS-funded activities, but also to support the tribe's expenditure of income collected from third parties.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether IHS must pay 'contract support costs' not only to support IHS-funded activities, but also to support the tribe's expenditure of income collected from third parties

Docket Entries

2024-07-08
Judgment Issued.
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2024-02-14
CIRCULATED
2024-02-12
Brief of respondent San Carlos Apache Tribe (as to 23-250) filed. (Distributed)
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2024-02-12
Brief of respondent Northern Arapaho Tribe (as to 23-253) filed. (Distributed)
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2024-02-01
Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
2024-01-30
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
2023-11-20
Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 23-253 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.
2023-11-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/17/2023.
2023-10-24
Reply of petitioners Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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2023-10-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2023.
2023-10-20
Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioners.
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2023-10-11
Response to petition from respondent San Carlos Apache Tribe filed.
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2023-09-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 16, 2023)
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2023-08-04
Application (23A103) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until September 13, 2023.
2023-08-03
Application (23A103) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 14, 2023 to September 13, 2023, submitted to Justice Kagan.
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Attorneys

Coalition of Large Tribes
Jennifer H. Weddle — Greenberg Traurig, Amicus
Legal Scholars
Seth P. Waxman — Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Amicus
NAFOA
Carl Bryant Rogers — VanAmberg Rogers Yepa Abeita Gomez & Wilkinson, Amicus
NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS AND VARIOUS TRIBES AND TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS
Steven Douglas Gordon — Holland & Knight, Amicus
National Indian Health Board
Andrew Baldwin Brantingham — Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Amicus
Northern Arapaho Tribe
Adam G. Unikowsky — Jenner & Block LLP, Respondent
San Carlos Apache Tribe
Lloyd Benton Miller — Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry LLP, Respondent
Carter G. Phillips — Sidley Austin LLP, Respondent
Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Petitioner