In the Supreme Court of the United States, United States of America, petitioner, v. Joshua James Cooley, respondent [electronic resource] : on writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit : brief amici curiae of Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in support of petitioner / Jeffrey S. Rasmussen, counsel of record, Frances C. Bassett, Jeremy J. Patterson, counsel for amici curiae.

At issue is whether a police officer for a Native American tribe may detain and search a non-tribe member within a reservation on suspicion of violating a federal or state law.