COBELL v. NORTON

No. CIV.A. 96-1285 RCL.

246 F.Supp.2d 59 (2003)

Elouise Pepion COBELL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Gale A. NORTON, Secretary of the Interior, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 3, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Christopher Kohn, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington, DC, Brian L. Ferrell, U.S. Dept. of Justice, ENRD, Washington, DC, Mark E. Nagel, Robert Craig Lawrence, Scott Sutherland Harris, U.S. Atty.'s Office, Washington, DC, Charles Walter Findlay, III, Washington, DC, Henry A. Azar, Jr., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Seth Brandon Shapiro, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Jonathan Brian New, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Jennifer R. Rivera, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Sandra Peavler Spooner, David J. Gottesman, Peter Blaze Miller, Cynthia L. Alexander, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington, DC, John Charles Cruden, John Stemplewicz, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Amalia D. Kessler, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington DC, for Kevin Gover.

J. Christopher Kohn, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington, DC, Brian L. Ferrell, U.S. Dept. of Justice, ENRD, Washington, DC, Phillip Martin Seligman, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Mark E. Nagel, Robert Craig Lawrence, Scott Sutherland Harris, U.S. Atty.'s Office, Washington, DC, Henry A. Azar, Jr., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Terry M. Petrie, U.S. Dept. of Justice, ENRD, Gen. Litigation, Denver, CO, Michael John Quinn, Seth Brandon Shapiro, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Jonathan Brian New, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Gino D. Vissicchio, Jennifer R. Rivera, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Sandra Peavler Spooner, John Warshawsky, David J. Gottesman, Peter Blaze Miller, Mathew J. Fader, John J. Siemietkowsi, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington, DC, John R. Kresse, Timothy E. Curley, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div.—Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington, DC, Tracy Lyle Hilmer, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Dodge Wells, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, John Stemplewicz, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for Dept. of Interior.

J. Christopher Kohn, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington, DC, Mark E. Nagel, Robert Craig Lawrence, Scott Sutherland Harris, U.S. Atty.'s Office, Washington, DC, Henry A. Azar, Jr., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Daniel Gordon Jarcho, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Washington, DC, Seth Brandon Shapiro, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Jonathan Brian New, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Jennifer R. Rivera, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Herbert Lawrence Fenster, Michael James Bearman, McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP, Washington, DC, Sandra Peavler Spooner, David J. Gottesman, Peter Blaze Miller, Cynthia L. Alexander, Mathew J. Fader, Tracy Lyle Hilmer, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Dodge Wells, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, John Stemplewicz, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Amalia D. Kessler, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington, DC, for Gale Norton.

Robert D. Luskin, Patton Boggs LLP, Washington, DC, Henry A. Azar, Jr., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Seth Brandon Shapiro, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Jonathan Brian New, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Jennifer R. Rivera, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, David J. Gottesman, Peter Blaze Miller, Cynthia L. Alexander, Mathew J. Fader, Amalia D. Kessler, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington, DC, for John D. Leshy.

Robert D. Luskin, Patton Boggs LLP, Washington, DC, Seth Brandon Shapiro, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Jonathan Brian New, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Jennifer R. Rivera, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, David J. Gottesman, Peter Blaze Miller, Cynthia L. Alexander, Mathew J. Fader, Amalia D. Kessler, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington, DC, for Edward B. Cohen.

Henry A. Azar, Jr., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Seth Brandon Shapiro, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Jonathan Brian New, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Elizabeth Wallace Fleming, Trout & Richards, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, Jennifer R. Rivera, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, David J. Gottesman, Peter Blaze Miller, Cynthia L. Alexander, Mathew J. Fader, Amalia D. Kessler, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington, DC, for Michael G. Rossetti.

B. Michael Rauh, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Henry A. Azar, Jr., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Seth Brandon Shapiro, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Jonathan Brian New, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Jennifer R. Rivera, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, David J. Gottesman, Tracy Lyle Hilmer, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Dodge Wells, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Neal McCaleb.

Amy S. Koch, Cameron McKenna, Washington, DC, for Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma.

Charles Allen Hobbs, Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, Washington, DC, for National Congress of American Indians.


ORDER

LAMBERTH, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on motions by two non-parties, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma, for leave to file amici curiae briefs in the instant case. This Court has recently stated that "[a]n amicus curiae, defined as "friend of the court," ... does not represent the parties but participates only for the benefit of the Court. Accordingly, it is solely within...

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