Opinion
2012-5035 2012-5036 2012-5043
01-17-2013
SHELDON PETERS WOLFCHILD, ERNIE PETERS LONGWALKER, SCOTT ADOLPHSON, MORRIS J. PENDLETON, BARBARA FEEZOR BUTTES, WINIFRED ST. PIERRE FEEZOR, AUTUMN WEAVER, ARIES BLUESTONE WEAVER, ELIJAH BLUESTONE WEAVER, RUBY MINKEL, LAVONNE A. SWENSON, WILLIS SWENSON, AARON SWENSON, BEVERLY M. SCOTT, LILLIAN WILSON, MONIQUE WILSON, SANDRA COLUMBUS GESHICK, CHERYL K. LORUSSO, JENNIFER K. LORUSSO, CASSANDRA SHEVCHUK, JASON SHEVCHUK, JAMES PAUL WILSON, EVA GRACE WILSON, BENITA M. JOHNSON, and KEVIN LORUSSO, Plaintiffs-Cross Appellants, AND ANITA D. WHIPPLE ET AL., DESCENDANTS OF LUCY TRUDELL, BONNIE RAE LOWE, ET AL., DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH GRAHAM, ET AL., LENOR ANN SCHEFFLER BLAESER ET AL., DESCENDANTS OF JOHN MOOSE, and MARY BETH LAFFERTY, ET AL., Plaintiffs, AND COURSOLLE DESCENDANTS and ROCQUE AND TAYLOR DESCENDANTS, Plaintiffs, AND DEBORAH L. SAUL, LAURA VASSAR, ET AL., LYDIA FERRIS ET AL., DANIEL M TRUDELL, ET AL., ROBERT LEE TAYLOR, ET AL., and DAWN HENRY, Plaintiffs, AND RAYMOND CERMAK, SR., (ACTING INDIVIDUALLY AND UNDER A POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR STANLEY F. CERMAK, SR.), MICHAEL STEPHENS, ET AL., JESSE CERMAK, ET AL., DENISE HENDERSON, DELORES KLINGBERG, SALLY ELLA ALKIRE, PIERRE ARNOLD, JR., and GETRUDE GODOY ET AL., Plaintiffs, AND JOHN DOES 1-30, WINONA C. THOMAS ENYARD, and KITTO, ET AL., Plaintiffs, AND FRANCINE GARREAU, ET AL., Plaintiffs, AND FRANCIS ELAINE FELIX, Plaintiff, AND KE ZEPHIER, ET AL., Plaintiffs, AND LOWER SIOUX INDIAN COMMUNITY, Plaintiff, AND PHILIP W.MORGAN, Plaintiff, AND REBECCA ELIZABETH FELK, Plaintiff, AND VERA A. ROONEY, ET AL., Plaintiffs, AND DANNY LEE MOZAK, Plaintiff-Cross Appellant, AND DAWN BURLEY, ET AL., Plaintiffs-Cross Appellants, AND HARLEY ZEPHIER, SR., Plaintiff-Cross Appellant, AND JOHN DOES 1-433, Plaintiffs-Cross Appellants, AND JULIA DUMARCE, ET AL., Plaintiffs-Cross Appellants, AND RAYMOND COURNOYER, SR., ET AL., JERRY ROBINETTE, ET AL., SANDRA KIMBELL, ET AL., CHARLENE WANNA, ET AL., and LESLIE LEE FRENCH, ET AL., Plaintiffs-Cross Appellants, AND KRISTINE ABRAHAMSON, Plaintiff-Cross Appellant, AND VICTORIA ROBERTSON VADNAIS, Plaintiff-Cross Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellant.
NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
Appeals from the United States Court of Federal Claims in consolidated case nos. 03-CV-2684 and 01-CV-0568, Judge Charles F. Lettow.
ON MOTION
ORDER
Before REYNA, Circuit Judge.
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, the Prairie Island Indian Community, and the Lower Sioux Indian Community ("Tribes") move for leave to file an amicus brief in support of the United States' Answering and Reply Brief with brief attached. Sheldon Peters Wolfchild et al. ("The Wolfchild Plaintiffs") move for leave to file an opposition to the Tribes' amicus brief.
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
1) The Tribes' motion for leave to file an amicus brief is granted. The brief is accepted for filing.
2) The Wolfchild Plaintiffs' motion to file a response brief is granted to the extent that the Wolfchild Plaintiffs may file a replacement reply brief, to include any additional arguments in response to the amicus brief, within 14 days of the date of filing of this order. The replacement reply brief may not exceed 7,000 words. If no replacement reply brief is filed, the case will proceed on the reply brief previously submitted.
FOR THE COURT
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Jan Horbaly
Clerk
cc: Wood R. Foster, Jr., Esq.
Scott Allen Johnson, Esq.
Garrett J. Horn, Esq.
Jack E. Pierce, Esq.
Elizabeth T. Walker, Esq.
Jay C. Shultz, Esq.
Francis Elaine Felix
Douglas R. Kettering, Esq.
Philip William Morgan
Rebecca Elizabeth Felix
Bernard Joseph Rooney, Esq.
Erick G. Kaardal, Esq.
Creighton A. Thurman, Esq.
Kelly Stricherz, Esq.
Larry B. Leventhal, Esq.
Robin L. Zephier, Esq.
Gary John Montana, Esq.
Randy Vern Thompson, Esq.
John L. Smeltzer, Esq.
Barry P. Hogan, Esq.
Royce D. Edwards, Sr., Esq.
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