| ~~Date~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Oct 3 2000 | Petition for writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 2, 2001) |
| Oct 24 2000 | Order extending time to file brief of respondent on the merits |
| | until December 4, 2000. |
| Dec 1 2000 | Order further extending time to file brief of respondent on the |
| | merits until January 2, 2001. |
| Dec 22 2000 | Brief of respondent United States filed. |
| Dec 29 2000 | Motion of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community, et al. |
| | for leave to file a brief as amici curiae filed. |
| Jan 3 2001 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 19, 2001 |
| Jan 4 2001 | Opposition of petitioners to motion of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux |
| | (Dakota) Community, et al. for leave to file a brief as amici |
| | curiae filed. |
| Jan 22 2001 | Motion of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community, et al. |
| | for leave to file a brief as amici curiae GRANTED. |
| Jan 22 2001 | Petition GRANTED. |
| | SET FOR ARGUMENT October 2, 2001. |
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| Feb 16 2001 | Order extending time to file petitioner's brief on the merits to |
| | and including April 9, 2001. Order extending time to file |
| | respondent's brief on the merits to and including June 11, 2001. |
| Mar 14 2001 | Motion of petitioners to dispense with printing the joint appendix |
| | filed. |
| Mar 16 2001 | Motion of petitioner for leave to dispense with printing of the |
| | joint appendix DISTRIBUTED. |
| Mar 19 2001 | Motion of petitioners to dispense with printing the joint appendix |
| | GRANTED. |
| Apr 4 2001 | Brief amici curiae of Lower Sioux Indian Community of Minnesota, et |
| | al. filed. |
| Apr 5 2001 | Brief of petitioner Chickasaw Nation and Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma |
| | filed. |
| Apr 6 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Muscogee (Creek) Nation filed. |
| Apr 9 2001 | Brief amici curiae of Seminole Tribe of Florida, et al. filed. |
| Apr 9 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of San Carlos Apache Tribe filed. |
| Apr 9 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians |
| | filed. |
| Apr 9 2001 | Brief amici curiae of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community, |
| | et al. filed. |
| Jun 1 2001 | Order further extending time to file respondent's brief on the |
| | merits to and including June 21, 2001. |
| Jun 21 2001 | Brief amici curiae of Ledyard, North Stonington and Preston, |
| | Connecticut filed. |
| Jun 21 2001 | Brief of respondent United States filed. |
| Jul 18 2001 | Reply brief of petitioners Chickasaw Nation and Choctaw Nation of |
| | Oklahoma filed. |
| Jul 25 2001 | CIRCULATED. |
| Sep 4 2001 | Record filed. |
| Sep 19 2001 | Record filed. |
| Oct 1 2001 | Record filed. |
| Oct 2 2001 | ARGUED. |
| Nov 27 2001 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the |
| | Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Stevens, Kennedy, and |
| | Ginsburg, JJ., joined, and in all but Part II-B of which Scalia |
| | and Thomas, JJ., joined. O'Connor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, |
| | in which Souter, J., joined. |
| Dec 27 2001 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Apr 18 2002 | Record returned to the USCA for the Tenth Circuit. |
| Jun 14 2002 | Record returned to the USDC E. Dist. of Oklahoma. |
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