Shawnee Tribe, et al v. Janey Yellen, et al

  1. August 23, 2023

    Tribe Wants Treasury To Stop Disbursing COVID Funds

    The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation is asking a D.C. Circuit judge to stop the U.S. Department of the Treasury from disbursing remaining COVID-19 funds, saying the agency has yet to comply with an order instructing it to further explain how pandemic relief was calculated for the tribe.

  2. March 24, 2023

    DC Circ. Calls For More Info On Tribal COVID Funding

    A D.C. Circuit panel on Friday ordered the U.S. Department of the Treasury to further explain the method behind its distribution of COVID-19 relief funds to certain Native American tribes, finding it needs more information from the agency before deciding whether its distribution formula is reasonable.

  3. September 29, 2022

    DC Circ. Wary Of Challenge To Tribal COVID Fund Distribution

    A D.C. Circuit panel on Thursday doubted it could send the U.S. Department of the Treasury back to the drawing board to adjust for a second time its distribution of COVID-19 relief funds to certain Native American tribes, explaining that the court can't require the department to use a specific calculation.

  4. July 19, 2022

    Treasury Urges DC Circ. To Nix Tribes' COVID-19 Funding Suit

    The federal government has asked the D.C. Circuit to back its summary judgment win in an appeal filed by Native American tribes challenging its distribution of COVID-19 relief, saying a lower court properly held that the U.S. Department of the Treasury's funding allocation was well within its discretion.

  5. July 18, 2022

    Native American Cases To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2022

    Native American law practitioners will be tuned in to the U.S. Supreme Court arguments on the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act, while also monitoring the en banc Ninth Circuit's take on arbitration in a tribal lending case and the Seminole Tribe's bid to revive its gambling deal with Florida to pursue mobile sports betting.

  6. May 10, 2022

    Tribes Ask DC Circ. To Upend Treasury Win On Virus Funding

    The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida have urged the D.C. Circuit to overturn a decision backing the U.S. Department of the Treasury's calculation of COVID-19 relief funds to tribes, saying the department hadn't justified part of its approach that led to skewed payments to tribes.