Horse v. United States

OPINION ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

REGINALD W. GIBSON, Senior Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs are Native-Americans formerly employed in various positions at a tribal school located on an Indian reservation in North and South Dakota. The instant single-count amended joint complaint for money damages was filed by plaintiffs on November 30, 1999, under the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (“the CDA” or “the Act”), against the United States through the Bureau of Indian Affairs (“the BIA” or “defendant”), alleging breach of their individual written contracts of employment with the BIA. The alleged…