Federal Court Orders Interior/Justice to Redo Discovery in Trust Breach Suit; Too “Document Dump”-Like

Here is the order in Goodeagle v. United States (Fed. Cl.):

106 Motion for Discovery Relief

109 Opposition

112 Reply

116 DCT Order

We’ve posted on Goodeagle here and here.

Goodeagle Plaintiffs May Sue for Pre-1994 IIM Trust Account Breach

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

90-1 US Motion for Partial Summary J

94 Goodeagle Cross Motion

96 US Reply

97 Goodeagle Reply

103 DCT Order

Court Awards Cobell Plaintiffs $455.6 Million

The final decision in Cobell is out — the Cobell plaintiffs are owed $455.6 million, according to Judge Robertson.

Here is the opinion.

There will be most certainly appeals to the D.C. Circuit and the Supreme Court by whomever does not prevail in the appellate court, but the trial court’s decision will likely be entitled to great weight on appeal.

Assiniboine & Sioux et al. v. Kempthorne Materials

Thirty-seven individual cases raising the same claims as in the Cobell litigation had been spun off from that massive case in the past few years. The United States moved to remand and stay these cases to the Department of Interior. Yesterday, Judge Robertson declined that motion.

Here are the relevant materials:

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