August 29, 2024
An Ohio federal judge has transferred a challenge to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland over the agency's cancellation of a $20 million tribal loan guarantee to Federal Claims Court, arguing this week that the sole alternative of an outright dismissal would be detrimental to the interests of justice and judicial economy.
July 30, 2024
U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland waited too long to assert that an Ohio federal court cannot hear the case an insurer brought against it over a $20 million tribal loan guarantee, and the suit should be transferred to the Court of Federal Claims instead of being dismissed, the insurer has argued.
June 20, 2024
U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is seeking a win in a challenge over the cancelation of a $20 million tribal loan guarantee, arguing that an Ohio federal district court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction over Great American Life Insurance Co.'s remaining claims.
October 02, 2019
Great American Life Insurance Co. urged an Ohio federal judge to grant it an early win on its remaining claims against the U.S. Department of the Interior secretary for what the insurer said was an arbitrary cancellation of a $20 million loan guarantee.
June 04, 2019
An Ohio federal judge has gutted litigation accusing the U.S. Department of the Interior and several officials of improperly rejecting an insurer's $20 million claim for losses under a tribal company's guaranteed loan, upholding only a contract allegation against the agency secretary.
November 01, 2016
The U.S. Department of the Interior on Monday urged an Ohio federal court to toss almost all claims against the agency and several officials over its refusal to pay an insurer for a $20 million guarantee on a loan to a tribal company, saying the court only has jurisdiction over a single breach of contract claim against the department's secretary.
June 28, 2016
An insurance company accused the U.S. Department of the Interior of arbitrarily canceling a $20 million loan guarantee, violating its own records policies when its decision was challenged and subjecting the insurer to an unfair administrative appeals process in a suit filed Monday in Ohio federal court.