Tribes Seek Rehearing In Dispute With Government Over Withdrawn Grant Money

Mealey's (November 1, 2017, 1:47 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel’s decision that Indian tribes cannot challenge a reduction in their federal housing block grant funding is based on erroneous fact finding and conflicts with U.S. Supreme Court precedent, the tribes and their housing authorities say in an Oct. 27 petition for rehearing or rehearing en banc (Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, et al. v. United States, No. 16-2196, Fed. Cir.)....