Legal Opinion

Fredericks v. United States

United States Court of Federal Claims

Decided February 24, 2016No. 14-296LPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Indian breaeh-of-trast ease; standing of heirs to challenge BIA’s actions respecting estate assets; motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim; RCFC 12(b)(6); time of vesting of heirs’ property interests; BIA’s money-mandating fiduciary duties in entering and approving leases of Indian agricultural lands and mineral rights

OPINION AND ORDER

LETTOW, Judge.

Five Indian heirs to their deceased father’s allotted lands have filed this breach of trust case, contesting actions taken by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs (“BIA”) regarding the estate’s lands and assets. After…

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Florida Home Medical Supply, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2017
  2. Estate of Sauser v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 2016
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  4. City of Wilmington, Delaware v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2022
  5. Fredericks v. United States Department of the InteriorDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2021

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