San Carlos Apache Tribe v. Xavier Becerra, et al

  1. July 12, 2023

    Feds May Put Tribal Reimbursement Question To High Court

    The federal government may ask the U.S. Supreme Court to consider two decisions that it claims dangerously expanded its liability for tribal health care programs, asking a Wyoming judge to stay litigation in which the Northern Arapaho Tribe has sought to recoup certain costs.

  2. April 11, 2023

    No Need To Rehear $3M Tribal Health Care Case, 9th Circ. Told

    The Ninth Circuit shouldn't reconsider its decision finding the Indian Health Service responsible for $3 million of an Arizona tribe's health care program costs, the tribe told the appellate court, saying the panel's ruling comports with a March decision from the Tenth Circuit.

  3. March 09, 2023

    Feds Want New Hearing In $3M Tribal Health Care Case

    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says it shouldn't have to reimburse an Arizona tribe $3 million in health care-related costs, arguing that a Ninth Circuit panel's prior decision deviates from three decades of uniform practice.

  4. November 22, 2022

    Feds Must Pay $3M Bill For Tribal Health Care, 9th Circ. Says

    The Indian Health Service is responsible for covering $3 million in health care-related costs that an Arizona tribe incurred last decade, the Ninth Circuit has found, in a decision that not only departs from — but directly rebukes — the D.C. Circuit's judgment in a similar case last year.