PELTIER et al v. BERNHARDT et al
Case Number:
1:20-cv-03775
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.