In the Supreme Court of the United States, Adoptive Couple, petitioners, v. Baby Girl, a minor under the age of fourteen years, birth father, and the Cherokee Nation, respondents : on writ of certiorari to the South Carolina Supreme Court : brief of the states of Arizona, Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin as amici curiae in support of respondents birth father and the Cherokee Nation /

Appeal to the United States Supreme Court from the South Carolina Supreme Court. Issue is effect of federal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) specifically establishment of paternity thereunder, with respect to state adoption laws concerning parental (birth parents) rights.