Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Matthew D. McGill , Attorney, David William Casazza , Lochlan Francis Shelfer , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Chad Everet Brackeen, Jennifer Kay Brackeen, Altagracia Socorro Hernandez, Jason Clifford, Frank Nicholas Libretti, Heather Lynn Libretti, and Danielle Clifford.
Beth Ellen Klusmann, Esq. , Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, Austin, TX, David J. Hacker , First Liberty Institute, Plano, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees State of Texas, State of Indiana, and State of Louisiana.
Adam Howard Charnes, Esq. , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Kathryn Fort , Michigan State University College of Law, East Lansing, MI, Keith Michael Harper , Jenner & Block, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Mark Reeves , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, L.L.P., Augusta, GA, for Intervenor Defendants-Appellants Cherokee Nation, Oneida Nation, Quinault Indian. Nation, and Morongo Band of Mission Indians.
Rachel Heron , U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division-Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellants Deb Haaland, Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Department of Interior, United States of America, Alex Azar, United States Department of Health and Human.
Paul W. Spruhan, Esq. , Navajo Nation Department of Justice, Litigation and Employment Unit, Window Rock, AZ, for Intervenor Navajo Nation.
Stephen Richard Ward , Conner & Winters, L.L.P., Tulsa, OK, for Amicus Curiae Quapaw Nation.
Christina Riehl , California Department of Justice, Office of The Attorney General — Public Rights Division/Bureau of Children's Justice, San Diego, CA, for Amici Curiae State of California, State of Alaska, States of Connecticut, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and District of Columbia, State of Arizona, State of Colorado, State of Idaho, State of Illinois, State of Iowa, State of Maine, State of Massachusetts, State of Michigan, State of Minnesota, State of Mississippi, State of Montana, State of New Jersey, State of New Mexico, State of Oregon, State of Rhode Island, State of Utah, State of Virginia, State of Washington, and State of Wisconsin.
Klint Cowan , Bryan N. B. King, Esq. , Attorney, Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens, Oklahoma City, OK, for Amicus Curiae United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Timothy Mason Sandefur , Goldwater Institute, Phoenix, AZ, for Amici Curiae Goldwater Institute, Cato Institute, Texas Public Policy Foundation, and American Academy of Adoption Attorneys.
Margaret A. Little , New Civil Liberties Alliance, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae New Civil Liberties Alliance.
Erin C. Dougherty Lynch , Native American Rights Fund, Anchorage, AK, Daniel Lewerenz , Native American Rights Fund, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae 486 Recognized Tribes, Association on American Indian Affairs, National Congress of American Indians, National Indian Child Welfare Association, and other Indian Organizations.
Matthew L. Fletcher , MSU College of Law, Indigenous Law & Policy Center, East Lansing, MI, for Amici Curiae Robert T. Anderson, Barbara A. Atwood, Bethany Berger, Kristen Carpenter, Matthew L. Fletcher, Carole Goldberg, Lorie Graham, Sarah Krakoff, Angela Riley, Addie C. Rolnick, Alex Skibine, Maylinn Smith, Michalyn Steele, Rebecca Tsosie, and Charles Wilkinson.
Hyland Hunt , Deutsch Hunt, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Casey Family Programs and 30 Other Organizations Working with Children, Families, and Courts to Support Children's Welfare.
Michelle T. Miano , Attorney, Barnhouse Keegan Solimon & West, L.L.P., Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM, for Amicus Curiae Professor Gregory Ablaysky.
Erin C. Dougherty Lynch , Native American Rights Fund, Anchorage, AK, Samuel Daughety , Dentons US, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Daniel Lewerenz , Native American Rights Fund, Washington, DC, Rose N. Petoskey , Dentons US, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae 325 Federally Recognized Tribes, Association on American Indian Affairs, National Congress of American Indians, National Indian Child Welfare Association, and Other Indian Organizations.
David Steven Coale, Esq. , Paulette Miniter , Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae Administrative Law and Constitutional Law Scholars.
Danielle Mary Spinelli , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Alan E. Schoenfeld , WilmerHale, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae Members of Congress.
Kendra J. Hall , Senior Counsel, Kerry Kay Patterson , Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, L.L.P., San Diego, CA, for Amicus Curiae Native American Women and Indian Tribes and Organizations.
William S. Consovoy , Consovoy McCarthy P.L.L.C., Arlington, VA, for Amicus Curiae The Project on Fair Representation.
Benjamin Michael Flowers , Office of the Attorney General for the State of Ohio, Columbus, OH, for Amicus Curiae State of Ohio.
Krystal Brunner Swendsboe , Wiley Rein, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Christian Alliance for Indian Child Welfare.
Matthew L. Fletcher , MSU College of Law, Indigenous Law & Policy Center, East Lansing, MI, April Youpee-Roll, Esq. , Attorney, Munger, Tolles & Olson, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for Amicus Curiae Indian Law Scholars.
Before Owen, Chief Judge, and Jones, Smith, Wiener, Stewart, Dennis, Elrod, Southwick, Haynes, Graves, Higginson, Costa, Willett, Duncan, Engelhardt, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.
