Cherokee Nation and Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Opening Brief, dated June 18, 2004

Brief of Amici Curiae the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, the National Defense Industrial Association, and the Aerospace Industries Association in Support of the Cherokee Nation and Shoshone-Paiute Tribes, dated June 18, 2004

Brief Amicus Curiae of the National Congress of American Indians Supporting the Cherokee Nation and Shoshone-Paiute Tribes, dated June 18, 2004

Brief of Amicus Curiae Seldovia Village Tribe in Support of Petitioners Cherokee Nation and Shoshone-Paiute Tribes, dated June 18, 2004

Brief of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, the Ramah Navajo School Board, Inc., the Ramah Navajo Chapter, and the Oglala Sioux Tribe as Amici Curiae in Support of the Cherokee Nation and the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes

Brief for the Federal Parties

Reply Brief for the Cherokee Nation and Shoshone-Paiute Tribes, dated October 8, 2004

On March 1, 2005, the United States Supreme Court held the Indian Health Service liable for underfunding contract support costs owed the Cherokee Nation and Shoshone-Paiute Tribes in Fiscal Years 1994 through 1997. Cherokee Nation, et al. v. Leavitt.

In doing so, the Court affirmed the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Thompson v. Cherokee Nation, 334 F.3d 1075 (Fed.Cir. 2003),  and reversed the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Cherokee Nation and Shoshone-Paiute Tribes v. Thompson, 311 F.3d 1054 (10th Cir. 2002).