Legal Opinion
Cherokee Nation v. Bureau of Indian Affairs
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 2, 2021No. Civil Action No. 2019-2154Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THE CHEROKEE NATION, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 1:19-cv-02154 (TNM) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER The United States Government has long held in trust significant assets belonging to the Cherokee Nation (the “Nation”). The Nation sued the Department of Interior and the other federal Defendants (collectively, the “Government”) for an accounting of those trust funds. The Court denied the Government’s motion to dismiss and referred the case to Magistrate Judge Faruqui for discovery. After…
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