U.S. v. TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION

No. 09-846.

131 S.Ct. 1723 (2011)

563 U.S. 307

UNITED STATES, Petitioner, v. TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 26, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Yang , Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Danielle Spinelli , Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Neal Kumar Katyal , Acting Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for U.S.

Keith M. Harper , G. William Austin , Catherine F. Munson , Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Washington, DC, Adam H. Charnes , Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Winston-Salem, NC, Raymond M. Bennett , Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Raleigh, NC, Seth P. Waxman , Counsel of Record, Danielle Spinelli , Catherine M.A. Carroll , Annie L. Owens , Sonya L. Lebsack , Wilmer Cutler Pickering , Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Hilary C. Tompkins , Solicitor, Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, Neal Kumar Katyal , Acting Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Ignacia S. Moreno , Assistant Attorney General, Edwin S. Kneedler , Deputy Solicitor General, Anthony A. Yang , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Aaron P. Avila , Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.


Justice KENNEDY delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Tohono O'Odham Nation is an Indian Tribe with federal recognition. The Nation's main reservation is in the Sonoran desert of southern Arizona. Counting this and other reservation lands, the Nation's landholdings are approximately 3 million acres.

The Nation brought two actions based on the same alleged violations of fiduciary duty with respect to the Nation...

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