Coleman v. United States of America Bureau of Indian Affairs

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HART, District Judge.

Plaintiffs James Coleman, Jr., Helen Figures, B. Hammond, Marshall Kelly, Ipetha Lewis, Brenda Phillips, Earl Reagan, Fred Reagan, Mary Reagan, and Lonnie Whitaker (“Plaintiffs”), heirs and descendants of Creek Indians, brought this action against the United States of America Bureau of Indian Affairs (“United States”), alleging that the United States, as trustee over lands which were allotted to the plaintiffs’ ancestors, has breached its fiduciary duty by failing to sell the plaintiffs’ land advantageously or selling it at artificially low…