Clayvin Herrera, Petitioner v. Wyoming

  1. September 12, 2018

    Feds Tell Justices Tribe's Elk Hunting Legal Under Treaty

    The federal government pressed the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Crow tribe member’s conviction in Wyoming state court for illegal elk hunting, saying the tribe’s right to hunt on unoccupied land under a federal treaty was not wiped out by Wyoming's statehood. 

  2. September 11, 2018

    Eastern Shoshone Back Crow Hunting Rights At High Court

    The Eastern Shoshone Tribe has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a Crow tribe member's bid to overturn his Wyoming state court conviction for illegal elk hunting, saying his right to hunt on unoccupied lands can't be erased by statehood or the creation of a national forest.

  3. September 04, 2018

    Crow Member Asks Justices To Overturn Wyo. Hunting Ruling

    A Crow tribe member urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to overturn his Wyoming state court conviction for illegal elk hunting in the Bighorn National Forest, saying that the lower court's ruling could undermine many tribes' rights under their treaties with the federal government.

  4. June 28, 2018

    Justices To Hear Tribal Hunting Rights Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday that it will hear a Crow tribe member's claims that his rights under an 1868 tribal treaty with the federal government meant he was wrongly convicted of illegally hunting on federal land in Wyoming, following the solicitor general's recommendation that the justices take up the case.

  5. June 06, 2018

    Tribal Hunting Rights Case Primed For Review, Justices Told

    A Crow tribe member who is battling Wyoming over his conviction for illegal hunting on federal land urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to take up the federal government's invitation to review the case, swapping blows with the state over whether granting review would wrongly unsettle an earlier federal court ruling on the tribe's treaty rights.

  6. May 23, 2018

    Gov't Asks Justices To Take Up Tribal Hunting Rights Case

    The federal government urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to hear a Crow tribe member's challenge to his conviction for illegal hunting on federal land in Wyoming, saying the tribe's hunting rights under an 1868 treaty endured through Wyoming's statehood and that the creation of the Bighorn National Forest didn't mean the hunting right was lost.