From How Appealing:
“Business Group Files Opposition To $3.4B Cobell Settlement”: At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has a post that begins, “A conservative think tank that advocates for free enterprise and limited government is challenging the $3.4 billion settlement in a Native American class action in Washington, saying the judge in the high-profile case should not have certified a class.”
You can access the group’s amicus brief filed yesterday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.
Here is a link to the BLT coverage.
My name is Michael Stiffarm, and I would like to join your objection to the Cobell $1.9 Billion Land Settlement offer. The reason for this is simple, even thought these tiny parcels of Trust land are useless, with many owners. If we let the U.S. Governement makes payment based on land size, everybody loses. Now if all land holders hold out for more money, it is all or nothing for the land.