Jicarilla Apache Nation v. United States

OPINION

ALLEGRA, Judge:

Pending before the court, in this tribal trust case, are two motions for partial summary judgment under RCFC 56, raising important issues regarding the reach of this court’s jurisdiction under the Indian Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1505.

I

A brief recitation of the underlying facts sets the context for this decision.

In this case, the Jiearilla Apache Nation (Jicarilla, the Nation, or plaintiff) seeks an accounting and to recover for monetary loss and damages relating to the government’s breach of fiduciary duties in allegedly mismanaging the Nation’s trust assets and other…