GILA RIVER INDIAN COMM. v. U.S. DEPT. VET. AFFAIRS

No. 17-15629.

899 F.3d 1076 (2018)

GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, a federally recognized Indian tribe; Gila River Health Care Corporation, a wholly owned and subordinate entity of the Gila River Indian Community, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; Robert A. McDonald, Former Secretary, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 15, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Murphy (argued) and Linus Everling , Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona; Robert R. Yoder , Yoder & Langford P.C., Scottsdale, Arizona; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Laura Myron (argued) and Charles W. Scarborough , Appellate Staff; Elizabeth A. Strange , Acting United States Attorney; Chad A. Readler , Acting Assistant Attorney General; Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Andrew J. Kleinfeld, William A. Fletcher, and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

The Gila River Indian Community and Gila River Health Care Corporation (collectively, "the Community") sued the Department of Veterans Affairs ("the VA") for failing to reimburse the Community for the care it provides to veterans at tribal facilities. The Community...

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