Kickapoo v. Texas on Petitions to Watch List

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SCOTUSBlog isn’t taking any chances with Indian law now.

The Kickapoo v. Texas petition is on its watch list for the May 29, 2008 conference (here).

Docket: 07-1109
Case name: Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas v. Texas, et al.
Issue: Whether, following Seminole Tribe v. Florida (1996), the Secretary of the Interior may establish procedures for Indian gaming if a state declines to enter a compact with the Tribe and invokes immunity from suit under the 11th Amendment.

• Opinion below (5th Circuit)
• Petition for certiorari
• Brief in opposition (Federal respondent)
• Petitioner’s reply
• Amicus brief of Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, et al. (in support of the petitioner)

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Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Regulations, Research, Supreme Court, gaming

Tags: cert petition, indian gaming regulatory act, Kickapoo v. Texas, Supreme Court