SHAWNEE TRIBE v. YELLEN

Case No. 20-cv-1999 (APM), Case No. 20-cv-2792 (APM), Case No. 21-cv-0012 (APM).

583 F.Supp.3d 36 (2022)

The SHAWNEE TRIBE, Plaintiff, v. Janet L. YELLEN, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Treasury, et al., Defendants. The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, Plaintiff, v. United States Department of the Treasury et al., Defendants. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Plaintiff, v. Janet L. Yellen, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Treasury, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Signed January 28, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luke Verrill Cass , Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Jonathan P. Labukas , Quarles & Brady, LLP, Washington, DC, Pilar Thomas , Pro Hac Vice, Quarles & Brady LLP, Tucson, AZ, Nicole L. Simmons , Pro Hac Vice, Quarles & Brady LLP, Phoenix, AZ, for Plaintiff in 20-cv-1999 (APM).

Jason C. Lynch , Kuntal Virendra Cholera , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants United States Department of the Treasury in 20-cv-1999 (APM), David Bernhardt in 20-cv-1999 (APM), United States Department of the Interior in 20-cv-1999 (APM), United States of America in 20-cv-1999 (APM), Janet L. Yellen in 20-cv-1999 (APM).

Daniel Francis Diffley , Pro Hac Vice, George Blay Abney , I, Pro Hac Vice, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA, Daniel G. Jarcho , Alston & Bird LLP, Washington, DC, Jean Richmann , Alston & Bird, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff in 20-cv-2792 (APM).

Jason C. Lynch , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants in 20-cv-2792 (APM).

Carol Heckman , Pro Hac Vice, James Peter Blenk , Pro Hac Vice, Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman, LLP, Buffalo, NY, Michael G. Rossetti , Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff in 21-cv-0012 (APM).

Kuntal Virendra Cholera , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendant in 21-cv-0012 (APM).


MEMORANDUM OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

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