Susanville Indian Rancheria Sues IHS over Contract Support Costs

Here is the complaint in Susanville Indian Rancheria v. Beccera (E.D. Cal.):

D.C. Federal Court Narrows Cherokee Trust Victory

Here are the updated materials in Cherokee Nation v. Dept. of the Interior (D.D.C.):

111 Federal Objection to Magistrate Report

112 Cherokee Response

114 Federal Reply

130 DCT Order

Prior post here.

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Loses Trial in Federal Trust Breach Action Despite Federal Inaction that “dilutes a unique community and leading it one step closer towards decay”

Here are the updated materials in Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe v. United States (Fed. Cl.):

Prior post here.

This paragraph is brutal:

The evidence presented to the Court at trial was “both overwhelming and extremely underwhelming.” (Tr. Court, 1426:20). Witness testimony was poignant at times, on one occasion moving some in the courtroom audience to tears. Ultimately, however, the Tribe failed to shoulder its burden of proof; and despite the Court’s serious misgivings about the treatment of the Tribe, the Tribe did not show that the United States’ failure to repair the crumbling Building violated trust obligations or constituted to a taking. Even if the Tribe met the elements of a breach of trust or takings claim, its proof of damages was entirely unconvincing, dependent on construction costs in the city limits of Chicago and rental values derived from cursory internet searches. Accordingly, the United States is entitled to judgment.

Quechan Wins $8M+ FTCA Judgment for Negligent Destruction of Cultural Property

Here are materials in Quechan Indian Tribe v. United States (S.D. Cal.):

405 Tribe Damages Brief

405-1 Meyer Dec

405-2 Meyer Dec Exh A

405-3 Somerville Dec

Dkt 407 Judgment

Doc 404 Findings Conclusion and Order

Prior post here.

Feds, Suquamish, and Muckleshoot Reach Consent Decree in CERCLA Suit against Polluters of the Duwamish River

Here is the consent decree in United States v. General Recycling of Washington LLC (W.D. Wash.):

Federal Circuit Rejects Chemehuevi Trust Breach Claims over Parker Dam

Here is the opinion in Chemehuevi Indian Tribe v. United States.

Briefs:

Lower court materials here.

Court of Federal Claims Decision re Wildfire Breach of Trust and Fifth Am. Takings [Yakama]

Here are materials in Yakama Nation v. United States (Fed. Cl.):

ECF 41_Rev. MTD

ECF 42_Rev. Response MTD

ECF 43_Rev. Reply MTD

ECF 48_Order

CFC Allows Colville Trust Breach over Wildfires to Proceed

Here are the materials so far in Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation v. United States (Fed. Cl.):

CFC Allows Some Navajo Claims to Proceed in Trust Breach Suit

Here are the materials in Navajo Nation v. United States (Fed. Cl.):

Complaint here.

Alaska Tribes Sue Dept. of Agriculture over Broadband

Here is the complaint in Native Village of Unalakleet v. United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utility Service (D. Alaska):