Legal Opinion
Muwekma Ohlone Tribe v. Kenneth Salazar
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 1, 2013No. 11-5328PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.
KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:
The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe (Muwek-ma) petitions this court to order the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior and the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs (collectively Interior) to recognize it as an Indian tribe. Muwekma filed a “petition for acknowledgement” with Interior in 1995, which Interior denied in 2002. Muwekma challenged the denial in district court and, after Interior provided further explanation on remand, the district court granted Interior’s cross-motion for…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Wong Yang Sung v. McGrathSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Hettinga v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2012
26 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by75 opinions
- Cannon v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2013
- William Havens v, Raymond Edwin Mabus, Jr., Secretary of the Navy Chairman, Board for Corrections of Naval RecordsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2014
- West Deptford Energy, LLC v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2014
- Agua Caliente Tribe of Cupeno v. Tara Katuk Mac Lean SweeneyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2019
- Ortiz-Diaz v. United States Department of Housing & Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2016
70 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.