White Mountain Apache Tribe v. United States

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS ______________________________________ ) WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) No. 17-359C ) v. ) Filed: December 16, 2021 ) THE UNITED STATES, ) ) Defendant. ) ______________________________________ ) OPINION AND ORDER Before the Court is the Government’s Motion to Dismiss or for Summary Judgment on Plaintiff White Mountain Apache Tribe’s (“Tribe”) Phase I claim under the Indian Lands Open Dump Cleanup Act of 1994 (“the Act”), 25 U.S.C. §§ 3901–3908 (1994). The Government contends that the Tribe’s claim should be dismissed under Rules…