Here are the new materials in Fletcher v. United States (N.D. Okla.):
1196 DCT Order Certifying Class
This case is on remand from the Tenth Circuit; post here.
Here are the new materials in Fletcher v. United States (N.D. Okla.):
1196 DCT Order Certifying Class
This case is on remand from the Tenth Circuit; post here.
Here are the materials in Fletcher v. United States:
An excerpt:
After settlers displaced the Osage Nation from its native lands, the federal government shunted the tribe onto the open prairie in Indian Territory, part of what later became the State of Oklahoma. At the time, the government had no idea those grasslands were to prove a great deal more fertile than they appeared. Only years later did the Osages’ mammoth reserves of oil and gas make themselves known. When that happened, the federal government appropriated for itself the role of trustee, overseeing the collection of royalty income and its distribution to tribal members. That role continues to this day. In this lawsuit, tribal members seek an accounting to determine whether the federal government has fulfilled the fiduciary obligations it chose to assume. The district court
dismissed the tribal members’ claims. We reverse.
Here are the materials in Fletcher v. United States (N.D. Okla.):
DCT Order Dismissing Third Amended Complaint
Our prior post on this case (from 2009) is here.
Here are the materials in Wiseman v. Osage Indian Agency (E.D. Va.):
The United States moved to dismiss the claim, largely on Rule 19 grounds, but the Northern District of Oklahoma denied the motion.
fletcher-opposition-to-government-motion
A recently filed motion from the plaintiffs for partial summary judgment is lurking — fletcher-motion-for-partial-summary-judgment