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YELLEN v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE CHEHALIS RES.

Nos. 20-543, 20-544.

141 S.Ct. 2434 (2021)

Janet L. YELLEN, Secretary of the Treasury, Petitioner v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE CHEHALIS RESERVATION, et al.; Alaska Native Village Corporation Association, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 25, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth B. Prelogar , Acting Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Brian M. Boynton , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Edwin S. Kneedler , Deputy Solicitor General, Matthew Guarnieri , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Michael S. Raab , Daniel Tenny , Adam C. Jed , Attorneys Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Riyaz A. Kanji , Counsel of Record, Kanji & Katzen, P.L.L.C., Ann Arbor, MI, Cory J. Albright , Katie E. Jones , Lynsey R. Gaudioso , Kanji & Katzen, P.L.L.C., Seattle, WA, Kannon K. Shanmugam , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, & Garrison LLP, Washington, DC, for Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation and Tulalip Tribes, for Akiak Native Community, Aleut Community of St. Paul Island, Asa'carsarmiut Tribe, and Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians.

Erin C. Dougherty Lynch , Matthew N. Newman , Wesley James Furlong , Megan R. Condon , Native American Rights Fund, Anchorage, AK, John E. Echohawk , Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, CO, for Arctic Village Council, Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government, Nondalton Tribal Council, and Rosebud Sioux Tribe.

Nicole E. Ducheneaux , Big Fire Law & Policy Group LLP, Bellevue, NE, for Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.

Lisa Koop Gunn , Senior Attorney, Tulalip Tribes, Tulalip, WA, for Tulalip Tribes.

Harold Chesnin , Lead Counsel for the Tribe Oakville, WA, for Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation.

Doreen McPaul , Attorney General, Paul Spruhan , Assistant Attorney General, Jason Searle , Navajo Nation Department of Justice, Window Rock, AZ, Richard W. Hughes , Donna M. Connolly , Reed C. Bienvenu , Rothstein Donatelli LLP, Santa Fe, NM, for Pueblo of Picuris, for Navajo Nation.

Bradley G. Bledsoe Downes , General Counsel, Crescent City, CA, for Elk Valley Rancheria, California.

Eric Dahlstrom , April E. Olson , Rothstein Donatelli LLP, Tempe, AZ, Lori Bruner , Quinault Office of the Attorney General, Taholah, WA, for Quinault Indian Nation.

Alexander B. Ritchie , Attorney General, San Carlos Avenue, San Carlos, AZ, for San Carlos Apache Tribe.

Jeffrey S. Rasmussen , Frances C. Bassett , Jeremy J. Patterson , Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson, Louisville, CO, for Respondent.

Paul D. Clement , Counsel of Record, Erin E. Murphy , Ragan Naresh , Matthew D. Rowen , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioners.

In March 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, 134 Stat. 281. Title V of the Act allocates $8 billion of monetary relief to "Tribal governments." 134 Stat. 502, 42 U.S.C. § 801(a)(2)(B). Under the CARES Act, a...

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