LITIGATION
Learn more about USET SPF’s strategic litigation to defend the inherent sovereign rights and authorities of Tribal Nations and reinforce the United States’ delivery on its trust and treaty obligations. Below is a list of our alerts regarding many of the cases in which we have participated or that we are monitoring, dating back to 2024. Click on an alert to read more about the cases and to find links to amicus briefs that USET SPF has crafted or joined.
Please reach out to USET SPF’s legal team with any questions or recommendations about litigation support: Katie Klass, General Counsel (kklass@usetinc.org) and Taylour Boboltz, Staff Attorney (tboboltz@usetinc.org).
Litigation Alerts
- USET SPF Joins Tribal Amicus Brief in Dual Taxation Case on Petition Before Supreme Court - Stroble v. Oklahoma Tax Commission - November 4
- U.S. Supreme Court Updates on Indian Country Cert. Petitions - October 9
- USET SPF Continues to Join Tribal Amicus Briefs Opposing Impingement on Tribal Sovereignty by Sports Event Contract Operators - September 17
- USET SPF Joins Tribal Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Inmate Religious Freedom Case Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections - September 4
- Positive Development in Kalshi Online Sports Betting Litigation - August 6
- USET SPF Joins Tribal Amicus Brief in Kalshi Sports Event Contracts Case KalshiEX LLC v. Flaherty - June 17
- USET SPF Prepares and Files Amicus Brief in Shinnecock Aboriginal Fishing Rights Case Silva v. Farrish - May 20
- USET SPF Joins Tribal Amicus Brief Supporting Petition for Certiorari in South Point Litigation Arguing Against Dual Taxation - May 2
- Update: USET SPF Prepares Amicus Brief for Appeal in Winnebago Litigation - January 30
- USET SPF Joins Amicus Brief in Apache Stronghold v. United States October 18
- USET SPF Submits Amicus Brief in Narragansett Indian Tribe v. Bhatt October 25
- UPDATE - Winnebago to Appeal District Court Decision Granting Army’s Motion to Dismiss Case Seeking Return of Native Children from Carlisle Indian Boarding School Under NAGRPA September 4
- USET SPF Assists in Preparing Tribal Amicus Brief in ICWA Equal Protection Case August 29
- USET SPF Prepares Amicus Brief for Federal Litigation Arguing NAGPRA Applies to Repatriation of Native Children from Carlisle Indian Boarding School, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska v. U.S. Dept. of Army June 21
- U.S. Supreme Court Denied Petition for Certiorari in Seminole Online Gaming Case, West Flagler v. Haaland June 17
- Federal Litigation Arguing NAGPRA Applies to Repatriation of Native Children from Carlisle Indian Boarding School May 17
- USET SPF Joins Amicus Brief in CSC Cases, Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe and Becerra v. Northern Arapaho Tribe – February 27