Cobell v. Babbitt

MEMORANDUM OPINION

LAMBERTH, District Judge.

I. Introduction

This matter comes before the court on Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment on Plaintiffs’ Claims Based Upon a Common Law Breach of Trust Theory, Claims Based Upon Alleged Interference with the Office of Special Trustee, and Requests for a Mandatory Injunction 1 ; and Defendant Secretary of the Treasury’s Motion [262] for Summary Judgment. Upon consideration of these motions and the applicable law, the court will DENY both motions.

This lawsuit involves the federal government’s handling of the Individual Indian Money (IIM) trust. 2…