ELR Citation: ELR 20028
No(s). 00-5086 (Fed. Cir. Aug 10, 2001)

The court reverses a lower court's decision holding that even though the United States breached a fiduciary obligation to a Native American tribe, the United States did not have a trust relationship with the tribe that rendered the breach actionable and subject to monetary damages. In 1964, the trib...