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1:22-cv-02299
District Of Columbia
Other Statutory Actions
Rudolph Contreras
The Narragansett Indian Tribe can move forward with a lawsuit accusing the head of the Federal Highway Administration of destroying cultural sites during the building of a highway bridge in Rhode Island, a D.C. federal judge ruled on Thursday while excusing the Ocean State from the suit.
The head of the Federal Highway Administration on Wednesday told a D.C. federal judge that the agency's decisions are not responsible for the alleged destruction of land culturally significant to the Narragansett Indian Tribe, urging the court to toss the tribe's suit — which seeks $30 million in damages — for a third time.
The Narragansett Indian Tribe urged a D.C. federal judge to reject Rhode Island's bid to escape claims in the tribe's suit seeking $30 million for the destruction of cultural sites amid construction of a highway bridge, saying the state colluded with the Federal Highway Administration to violate federal law.
Rhode Island urged a D.C. federal judge on Friday to let it leave the Narragansett Indian Tribe's suit seeking $30 million in damages for the destruction of cultural sites during the building of a highway bridge, saying the tribe's real beef is with the federal government.
The Narragansett Indian Tribe has again filed suit in D.C. federal court against the Federal Highway Administration and Rhode Island seeking $30 million in damages for the destruction of cultural sites during the building of a highway bridge.