WILSON v. OMAHA INDIAN TRIBE

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edson Smith argued the cause for petitioners in No. 78-160. With him on the briefs were Robert H. Berkshire, Thomas R. Burke, Lyman L. Larsen, Francis M. Gregory, Jr., and Maurice B. Nieland. Bennett Cullison, Jr., argued the cause for petitioners in No. 78-161. With him on the brief were Richard C. Turner, Attorney General of Iowa, and James C. Davis, Assistant Attorney General.

William H. Veeder argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent Omaha Indian Tribe in both cases. Sara Sun Beale argued the cause for the United States in both cases. With her on the brief were Solicitor General McCree, Assistant Attorney General Moorman, Deputy Solicitor General Barnett, Robert L. Klarquist, and Edward J. Shawaker.†

A brief of amici curiae urging reversal in No. 78-161 was filed for their respective States by Theodore L. Sendak, Attorney General of Indiana, Jane Gootee, Deputy Attorney General, and Donald Bogard; William J. Baxley, Attorney General of Alabama; Avrum Gross, Attorney General of Alaska; John A. LaSota, Jr., Acting Attorney General of Arizona; William J. Clinton, Attorney General of Arkansas; Carl R. Ajello, Attorney General of Connecticut; Richard R. Wier, Jr., Attorney General of Delaware; Robert L. Shevin, Attorney General of Florida; Ronald Y. Amemiya, Attorney General of Hawaii; Wayne L. Kidwell, Attorney General of Idaho; William J. Scott, Attorney General of Illinois; Curt T. Schneider, Attorney General of Kansas; Robert F. Stephens, Attorney General of Kentucky; William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General of Louisiana; Joseph E. Brennan, Attorney General of Maine; Francis B. Burch, Attorney General of Maryland; Francis X. Bellotti, Attorney General of Massachusetts; Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General of Michigan; A. F. Summer, Attorney General of Mississippi; John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General of Missouri; Paul L. Douglas, Attorney General of Nebraska; Robert List, Attorney General of Nevada; Thomas D. Rath, Attorney General of New Hampshire; Toney Anaya, Attorney General of New Mexico; Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General of New York; Rufus L. Edmisten, Attorney General of North Carolina; Allen I. Olson, Attorney General of North Dakota; William J. Brown, Attorney General of Ohio; James A. Redden, Attorney General of Oregon; Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General of South Carolina; William Janklow, Attorney General of South Dakota; William M. Leech, Jr., Attorney General of Tennessee; Robert B. Hansen, Attorney General of Utah; M. Jerome Diamond, Attorney General of Vermont; J. Marshall Coleman, Attorney General of Virginia; Slade Gorton, Attorney General of Washington; Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Attorney General of West Virginia; Bronson C. La Follette, Attorney General of Wisconsin; John J. Rooney, Acting Attorney General of Wyoming, and Jack D. Palma II, Senior Assistant Attorney General.

Robert S. Pelcyger, Richard B. Collins, and Arthur Lazarus, Jr., filed a brief for the Native American Rights Fund et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance in both cases.

John C. Christie, Jr., Charles T. Martin, and Stephen J. Landes filed a brief for the American Land Title Assn. as amicus curiae in both cases.

A brief of amici curiae was filed in No. 78-161 for their respective States by Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General of California, N. Gregory Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, and John Briscoe and Bruce S. Flushman, Deputy Attorneys General; John L. Hill, Attorney General of Texas; Mike Greely, Attorney General of Montana; Warren Spannaus, Attorney General of Minnesota; Gerald Gornish, Attorney General of Pennsylvania; and J. D. MacFarlane, Attorney General of Colorado, and David W. Robbins, Deputy Attorney General.