Legal Opinion
Cobell, Elouise v. Norton, Gale A.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 15, 2005No. 17-1216PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.
In 1994 Congress passed legislation that acknowledged the fiduciary duties that the Secretaries of the Departments of the Interior and Treasury — the defendants in this case — owed to beneficiaries of Individual Indian Money (“IIM”) accounts. Frustrated by delay in the fulfillment of these duties, plaintiffs filed a class action in 1996 on behalf of present and past beneficiaries of the accounts. Since that time, the district court has drawn on a range of its powers in an effort to ensure…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Heckler v. ChaneySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness AllianceSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Cobell, Elouise v. Norton, Gale A.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2001
- Methodist Hospital of Sacramento v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection AgencySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2006
- B & G Construction Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation ProgramsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011
- Cobell, Elouise v. Kempthorne, DirkCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2006
- Cobell, Elouise P. v. Kempthorne, DirkCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2006
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