Tribe, Tribal Agencies Can Litigate Contract, Fiduciary Breach Claims Against HUD

Mealey's (October 10, 2019, 11:23 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A challenge by an Indian tribe and tribal housing authorities to a reduction in their federal housing block grant funding heads back to the trial court after the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Oct. 9 remanded a second time so the lower court can decide breach of contract claims (Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, et al. v. United States, No. 2018-1720, Fed. Cir.)....