Blackfeet Reservation Development Fund

D.C. Circuit Briefs in Effort to Recover Litigation Expenses from Cobell Settlement Fund

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here:

1 Opening Brief

2 Appellee Brief

3 Reply Brief

4 Indian Land Tenure Foundation Amicus Brief

Lower court materials here.

Federal Court Denies Litigation Expenses Motion (Again?)

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here are the new materials in Cobell v. Jewell (D.D.C.):

4059 Emergency Motion

4061 Response

4062 Reply

4063 DCT Order

Prior order here.

Federal Court Denies Motion to Recover Cobell Litigation Expenses

Matthew L.M. Fletcher3 Comments

Here are the materials:

3839 Motion for Expenses

3846 Federal Opposition

3848 Cobell Reply

4033 DCT Order Denying Motion

An excerpt:

Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Motion for Reconsideration of Class Representatives’ Expense Application [ECF No. 3839]. The motion seeks to have this Court reconsider its June 20, 2011 decision declining to further diminish the common fund benefitting class plaintiffs by granting the Class Representatives’ request to recover expenses related to recoverable grants third-party organizations made to the Blackfeet Reservation Development Fund (“BRDF”) to finance this lawsuit. Because the pending motion advances arguments and evidence that could have been raised by the plaintiffs before the Court ruled and entered judgment, the motion will be denied.