MENOMINEE INDIAN TRIBE OF WISCONSIN v. U.S.

No. 12-5217.

764 F.3d 51 (2014)

MENOMINEE INDIAN TRIBE OF WISCONSIN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 2, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey D. Strommer argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs was Marsha K. Schmidt.   F. Michael Willis entered an appearance.

Donald E. Kinner , Assistant Director, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was Stuart F. Delery , Assistant Attorney General. Jeanne E. Davidson , Attorney, entered an appearance.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge PILLARD.


PILLARD, Circuit Judge:

Federal law requires that a claim for breach of a self determination contract between an Indian Tribe and a federal agency be filed with a contracting officer at the agency within six years of the claim's accrual. The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin filed claims in 2005 against the Department of Health and Human Services for unpaid contract support costs that accrued from 1996 through 1998 — more than six years earlier. This case...

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