Legal Opinion
Wolfchild v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided August 5, 2011No. Nos. 03-2684L, 01-568LPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LETTOW, Judge.
On December 21, 2010, the court issued the seventh opinion in this long-pending litigation involving approximately 20,750 persons of Indian descent. Wolfchild v. United States, 96 Fed.Cl. 302, 310 (2010) (“Wolfchild VII ”). In that decision, the court held that plaintiffs are entitled to certain funds derived from leasing and licensing lands that had been secured and reserved for eligible Indians pursuant to Appropriations Acts passed in 1888, 1889, and 1890. Id. at 352. The parties have since stipulated to the amount of funds at issue as of January 1, 2011. The…
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