Legal Opinion
Wolfchild v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided December 16, 2005No. 03-2684LPublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LETTOW, Judge.
This Indian trust case has been brought by over 1,000 individuals claiming descent from Indians in Minnesota who were previously members of the Mdewakanton band of Sioux Indians (the “loyal Mdewakanton”). Pending before the court are sets of motions that stem from the court’s prior decision reported as Wolfchild v. United States, 62 Fed.Cl. 521 (2004). In that decision, the court denied the government’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ claims of breach of fiduciary duties and for attorney’s fees, but granted the government’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ claim for…
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