Here are links to pleadings, briefs and orders filed in litigation that resulted from the Department of Interior’s 2007-08 decision to hand over the entire Hoopa Yurok Settlement Fund to the Yurok Tribe and distribute those funds to Yurok members per capita:
COURT OF FEDERAL
CLAIMS
Hoopa
original complaint (February 1, 2008)
Notice
of related to Short case (February 1, 2008)
Hoopa
amended complaint (March 11, 2008)
Hoopa
motion for summary judgment
(April 2, 2008)
Hoopa
memo supporting summary judgment (April 2, 2008)
Hoopa
appendix supporting summary judgment (April 2, 2008)(warning--very large
file)
Hoopa
proposed facts supporting summary judgment (April 2, 2008)
Schlosser
declaration supporting summary judgment (April 2, 2008)
US
motion to stay proceedings on Hoopa motion (April 25, 2008)
Hoopa
opposition to stay of proceedings
(May 1, 2008)
Order
denying stay (May 2, 2008)
US
response to Hoopa motion for summary judgment
and motion
to dismiss
(July 22, 2008)
US
proposed facts supporting dismissal and response to Hoopa motion for summary
judgment
(July 22, 2008)
US
motion to join Yurok Tribe as third party (July 22, 2008)
Hoopa
opposition to joining Yurok Tribe as third party (August 8, 2008)
Order
granting motion to join Yurok Tribe as third party (August 25, 2008)
U.S.
complaint vs. Yurok Tribe (August 26, 2008)
Summons
to Yurok Tribe (August 26, 2008)
Reply
brief in support of Hoopa plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment on breach of
trust (September 10, 2008)
Declaration
of Chairman Marshall (September 10, 2008)
Declaration
of Ollie Mae Davis (September 10, 2008)
Supplemental
appendix of documents (September 10, 2008)
Response
to U.S. proposed "facts" (September 10, 2008)
US
reply in support of motion to dismiss (
Yurok
Tribe's Motion to Dismiss U.S. Third Party Complaint (filed
Hoopa
response to Yurok Tribe's motion (filed
U.S.
response to Yurok Tribe's motion (filed
Yurok
Tribe’s reply in support of Yurok Motion to Dismiss (filed
Yurok
Tribe's response to Hoopa Motion for Summary Judgment (filed
Hoopa
reply in support of Hoopa Motion for Summary Judgment (filed
Opinion
and Order: dismissed for lack of standing (
APPEAL TO COURT OF
APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT
Hoopa
Initial Brief on appeal (
Joint
Appendix on appeal (
U.S.
Brief for Appellee (
Yurok
Brief of Third-party Appellee (
Hoopa
Reply Brief (
Hearing on Oral
Arguments (
Hoopa
letter correcting Oral Argument (