Oenga v. United States

OPINION

FIRESTONE, Judge.

This is the second decision issued in this case, in which the plaintiffs, Wallace Oenga, et al. (“plaintiffs” or “the Oenga heirs”),1 seek damages for breach of trust by the defendant, the United States (“defendant,” “government”). In the first decision, issued September 18, 2008, the court rejected many of the plaintiffs’ claims on jurisdictional bases but found that the plaintiffs had established a breach of trust with respect to claims related to certain activities conducted by the defendant-intervenors, BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. (“BPX”), et al. (collectively,…