CONFEDERATED TRIBES v. U.S.

No. 00-5002

248 F.3d 1365 (2001)

The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon and Warm Springs Forest Products Industries, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. United States, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided May 10, 2001


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin E. Hansen, Karnopp, Petersen, Noteboom, Hansen, Arnett & Sayeg, LLP, of Bend, Oregon, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. On the brief were Dennis C. Karnopp, and Paul D. Dewey. Of counsel on the brief were Charles A. Hobbs, and Marsha K. Schmidt, Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP, of Washington, DC.

Elizabeth Ann Peterson, Attorney, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. With her on the brief was John A. Bryson.

Before NEWMAN, SCHALL, and BRYSON, Circuit Judges.


BRYSON, Circuit Judge.

This case involves a claim for damages attributable to the government's mismanagement of Indian timber resources. The two plaintiffs are the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon and Warm Springs Forest Product Industries, a tribal corporation that engages in timber transactions on behalf of the Confederated Tribes. For convenience, we refer to the plaintiffs collectively as the Tribes. Following a trial on the Tribes...

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