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JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Scalia, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Souter, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Stevens, J., joined. (orders list)
Argued. For petitioner: Edwin S. Kneedler, Acting Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For respondent: Carter G. Phillips, Washington, D.C.
Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of National Congress of American Indians, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Record received from the U.S.C.A. for the Federal Circuit. (1 box)
Brief amici curiae of Former Secretaries of the Interior, Cecil D. Andrus, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah filed. (Distributed)
Brief of respondent Navajo Nation filed. (Distributed)
Letter from counsel for respondent seeking permission to lodge copies of a brief cited to in respondent's brief on the merits.
SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, February 23, 2009
CIRCULATED.
Brief amici curiae of Peabody Western Coal Company, and Southern California Edison Company filed. (Distributed)
Brief of petitioner United States filed.
Joint appendix filed. (Jt. Appendix in three volumes). Statement of costs filed.
The time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 9, 2009.
The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including November 26, 2008.
Petition GRANTED. (orders list)
Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
Brief of respondent Navajo Nation in opposition filed.
Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including August 4, 2008.
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including July 14, 2008.
Appendix of United States filed.
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 12, 2008)
Application (07A817) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until May 13, 2008.
Application (07A817) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 13, 2008 to May 13, 2008, submitted to The Chief Justice.
United States, Petitioner, represented by Gregory G. Garre
United States, Petitioner, represented by Elena Kagan
Navajo Nation, Respondent, represented by Carter G. Phillips
Former Secretaries of the Interior, Cecil D. Andrus, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Kathleen M. Sullivan
Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard B. Collins
National Congress of American Indians, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Reid Peyton Chambers
New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, Amicus Curiae, represented by David K. Thomson
Peabody Western Coal Company, and Southern California Edison Company, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles G. Cole