PELTIER et al v. BERNHARDT et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:20-cv-03775

Court:

District Of Columbia

Nature of Suit:

Other Statutory Actions

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Randolph D. Moss

  1. August 30, 2023

    Objector Can't Block $59M Tribal Trust Settlement, Judge Says

    Payments in a $59 million class settlement over lands ceded to the U.S. government in the 19th century can proceed to four Native American tribes, a D.C. federal judge said after denying a bid by an objector seeking to halt the funds on the basis that his ancestors never agreed to give up the property.

  2. July 18, 2023

    Bid To Stop $59M Payout Harms Class Members, Tribes Say

    Citizens of four Native American tribes say an objector's bid to block a $59 million federal land trust settlement is "unreasonably delayed," telling a D.C. federal judge that any setbacks in the case would harm more than 39,000 class members who are owed payment after "many years of waiting."

  3. June 22, 2023

    Objector Seeking To Block $59M Tribal Trust Fund Settlement

    A man claiming to be a descendant of 19th-century Chippewa leaders wants to prevent the citizens of four tribes from executing a $59 million settlement over lands ceded to the U.S. government, telling a D.C. federal judge that his ancestors never agreed to give up their land.

  4. February 11, 2021

    Tribe Members' $59M Deal In Trust Fund Row Gets Initial OK

    A D.C. federal judge on Thursday preliminarily approved a $59 million deal the government reached with members of four Native American tribes in a long-running case accusing two government agencies of mismanaging a fund set up to compensate tribes for lands given up under a treaty.

  5. January 25, 2021

    Tribe Members Land $59M Deal From Feds In Trust Fund Row

    Members of four Native American tribes have urged a D.C. federal court to give early approval to a $59 million settlement of a proposed class action alleging the federal government mismanaged a fund compensating the tribes for lands given up under a treaty.

  6. December 22, 2020

    Tribe Members Sue Feds As Part Of Fund Mishandling Deal

    Members of four Native American tribes have filed a new suit in D.C. federal court as part of a plan to settle long-running litigation over the federal government's alleged mismanagement of a fund set up to compensate the tribes for lands ceded to the government.