Tenth Circuit Dismisses Southern Ute Appeal on Self-Determination Contract Terms

The Tenth Circuit dismissed an appeal by the Southern Ute Tribe of a court order “which found in favor of the HHS approach as to the start date of the contract and to specifics regarding funding of the self-determination contract’s ancillary costs.” Here is the opinion in Southern Ute Tribe v. Leavitt.

Southern Ute v. Leavitt Materials

Southern Ute Tribe, with NCAI as amicus, is appealing a district court order allowing the IHS to set the tribe’s self-determination contract award at zero. The case is pending in the Tenth Circuit. Here are the materials:

dct-order-6-16-2007

dct-order-10-18-2007

southern-ute-appellant-brief

ncai-amicus-brief

us-appellee-brief

[Southern Ute Reply brief not filed yet]