Clayvin Herrera, Petitioner v. Wyoming

  1. January 23, 2023

    Wyo. Lawmakers Propose Regulating Off-Reservation Hunting

    New legislation in Wyoming would position the state to compromise with Indigenous tribes over regulations to their off-reservation hunting and fishing, a move that supporters say is needed in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that weakened the state's control of such activities.

  2. July 03, 2019

    Biggest Native American Rulings Of 2019: Midyear Report

    The U.S. Supreme Court handed close wins this year to two Native American tribes, backing their rights to be shielded from a state fuel tax and to hunt under their treaties, while circuit courts protected tribe members' access to broadband and heightened tribal officers' exposure to tort suits. Here, Law360 looks back at some of the top decisions in Native American law in the first half of 2019.

  3. May 24, 2019

    Tribes Keep Narrow Winning Edge In Justices' Treaty Ruling

    The U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 decision this week that the Crow Tribe's right to hunt wasn't eclipsed by Wyoming's statehood showed tribes have a tight but seemingly firm path to victory on treaty rights, as the high court finally put to bed a ruling that had long bedeviled the Crow.

  4. May 20, 2019

    Justices Say Tribe's Hunting Right Outlasted Wyo. Statehood

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a Crow Tribe member's state court conviction for crossing state lines to hunt elk in the Bighorn National Forest, ruling that the tribe's treaty right to hunt didn't end when Wyoming became a state.

  5. January 09, 2019

    Justices May Give Mixed Ruling In Crow Treaty Case

    Several U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled support Tuesday for pushing aside precedent supporting a Crow Tribe member's conviction for hunting elk in Wyoming's Bighorn National Forest, yet other issues underlying an 1868 treaty may mean the federal, state and tribal governments still have to hash out where the tribe's members can hunt.

  6. January 08, 2019

    Justices Mull Tribe's Hunting Right In Wyo. Nat'l Park

    The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday to decide whether to overturn a Crow tribe member's state court conviction for hunting elk in Wyoming's Bighorn National Forest, with the justices largely concerned with whether earlier court rulings already settled the question of whether the tribe's treaty right to hunt has expired.

  7. January 01, 2019

    Native American Cases To Watch In 2019

    In the new year, Native American law practitioners will be keeping an eye on upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding Washington's ability to tax the Yakama Nation; treaty hunting rights in Wyoming; and the balance of tribal, federal and state criminal jurisdiction in Oklahoma. Here, Law360 takes a look at the cases attorneys who practice Native American law will be watching in the coming year.

  8. December 14, 2018

    Tribal Hunting Right Outlasted Wyo. Statehood, Justices Told

    A Crow tribe member has pressed the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out his state court conviction for elk hunting in Wyoming's Bighorn National Forest, arguing that Wyoming’s statehood didn’t erase the tribe’s treaty right to hunt and that a circuit court ruling to that effect has been torpedoed by the high court.

  9. November 21, 2018

    States Back Wyo. At High Court Against Tribal Hunting Right

    Six states have urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to toss a Crow tribe member’s conviction for elk hunting in Wyoming's Bighorn National Forest, saying a circuit court has already ruled the tribe’s treaty hunting right has ended and revisiting the issue would invite litigation losers to try to revive their claims.

  10. November 14, 2018

    Wyo. Tells Justices Crow Tribe's Hunting Right Is Finished

    Wyoming urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to overturn a Crow tribe member's state court conviction for illegal elk hunting in the Bighorn National Forest, saying the tribe and its member are trying to revive a treaty hunting right that federal courts long ago found has ceased to exist.