Legal Opinion
Menominee Indian Tribe v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 2, 2014No. 12-5217PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge PILLARD.
PILLARD, Circuit Judge:
Federal law requires that a claim for breach of a self determination contract between an Indian Tribe and a federal agency be filed with a contracting officer at the agency within six years of the claim’s accrual. The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin filed claims in 2005 against the Department of Health and Human Services for unpaid contract support costs that accrued from 1996 through 1998 — more than six years earlier. This case requires us to determine whether, pursuant to the doctrine of equitable tolling, the…
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