Legal Opinion
Cobell v. Salazar
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 24, 2009No. 18-1207PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge SENTELLE.
SENTELLE, Chief Judge:
In this interlocutory appeal, both plaintiffs and defendants in protracted litigation over trust accounts held by federal officials on behalf of American Indians seek review of orders of the district court. The district court held the Department of the Interior to be in continuing breach of its duty to account for trust funds and that accounting for the funds was impossible; it ordered monetary relief to the members of the plaintiff class. On review, we hold that while the district court’s analysis of duty and breach…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Hecht Co. v. BowlesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Cobell, Elouise v. Norton, Gale A.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2001
- Hodel v. IrvingSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Cobell v. BabbittDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1999
- Cobell, Elouise v. Kempthorne, DirkCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2006
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Elouise Cobell v. Sally JewellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2015
- Jamal Kifafi v. Hilton Hotel Retirement PlanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2012
- Cobell v. SalazarCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2012
- Reginald Kirtz v. Trans Union LLCCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2022
- Cobell Ex Rel. Cobell v. JewellDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2017
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