Ute Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation, Appellant v. YELLEN (2021)

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF the CHEHALIS RESERVATION, et al., Appellees Ute Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation, Appellant v. Janet YELLEN, in her Official Capacity as Secretary of U.S. Department of the Treasury, et al., Appellees

No. 20-5204

Decided: August 05, 2021

Before: Henderson, Millett, and Katsas, Circuit Judges

Riyaz A. Kanji, Senior Attorney, Kanji & Katzen, PLLC, Ann Arbor, MI, for Plaintiff - Appellee Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Tulalip Tribes, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, Akiak Native Community, Asa'carsarmiut Tribe, Aleut Community of St. Paul Island. Eric Dahlstrom, Rothstein Donatelli LLP, Tempe, AZ, for Plaintiff - Appellee Pueblo of Picuris. Bradley G. Bledsoe Downes, Elk Valley Rancheria, California, Crescent City, CA, for Plaintiff - Appellee Elk Valley Rancheria, California. Alexander B. Ritchie, San Carlos Apache Tribe, San Carlos, AZ, for Plaintiff - Appellee San Carlos Apache Tribe. Lori Brunner, Quinault Office of the Attorney General, Taholah, WA, for Plaintiff - Appellee Quinault Indian Nation, Navajo Nation. Nicole E. Ducheneaux, Attorney, Big Fire Law & Policy Group, Bellevue, NE, for Plaintiff - Appellee Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, 20-cv-01059. Jennifer Bear Eagle, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge, SD, for Plaintiff - Appellee Oglala Sioux Tribe, 20-cv-01059. Wesley James Furlong, Esquire, Attorney, Natalie A. Landreth, Senior Staff Attorney, Matthew Neil Newman, Native American Rights Fund, Anchorage, AK, for Plaintiff - Appellee Rosebud Sioux Tribe, 20-cv-01059, Nondalton Tribal Council, 20-cv-01059, Arctic Village Council, 20-cv-01059, Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government, 20-cv-01059. Jeffrey Rasmussen, Frances Clare Bassett, Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP, Louisville, CO, Rollie Wilson, Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff - Appellant Ute Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation, 20-cv-01070. Adam C. Jed, Ethan Price Davis, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Division, Michael S. Raab, Daniel Tenny, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Defendant - Appellee. Paul D. Clement, Erin Murphy, Ragan Naresh, Matthew Rowen, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, Jonathan W. Katchen, Holland & Hart LLP, Anchorage, AK, for Intervenor for Defendant - Appellee Ahtna, Inc., Alaska Native Village Corporation Association, Inc. Daniel William Wolff, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC, for Intervenor for Defendant - Appellee Alaska Native Village Corporation Association, Inc., Association of ANCSA Regional Corporation Presidents/CEO's, Inc., Calista Corporation, Kwethluk, Incorporated, Sea Lion Corporation, St. Mary's Native Corporation, Napaskiak, Incorporated, Akiachak, Limited. Kaighn Smith, Jr., Drummond Woodsum, Portland, ME, for Amicus Curiae All Pueblo Council of Governors James H. Lister, Birch, Horton, Bittner & Cherot, PC, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae for Appellee Alaska Federation of Natives, California Tribal Chairperson's Association. Allon Shmul Kedem, Janine Marie Lopez, Ethan G. Shenkman, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae for Appellee Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's Association, Inc. Christine V. Williams, Attorney, Outlook Law, LLC, Anchorage, AK, for Amicus Curiae for Appellee Lisa Murkowski, Midwest Alliance of Sovereign Tribes, Dan Sullivan, United South and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund, Don Young, National Indian Gaming Association, Arizona Indian Gaming Association, California Nations Indian Gaming Association. Wesley James Furlong, Esquire, Attorney, Natalie A. Landreth, Senior Staff Attorney, Matthew Neil Newman, Native American Rights Fund, Anchorage, AK, for Plaintiff - Appellee Navajo Nation.