Te-Moak Bands of Western Shoshone Indians v. United States

OPINION

SMITH, Chief Judge.

This case concerns certain trust funds which the federal government oversaw on behalf of the plaintiffs, the Te-Moak Bands of the Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada. Litigation on those issues has been ongoing for forty years. This case was before the Indian Claims Commission originally, and it retains that docket number.

Having reviewed the 24-page series of requested rulings contained in the Joint Submission of Requested Legal Rulings filed on February 22, 1990, the court is of the opinion that the procedure suggested by counsel is not feasible, in spite of the…