Tribal Members Not Entitled To Attorney Fees In Trust Row, 10th Circuit Says

Mealey's (February 18, 2020, 12:48 PM EST) -- DENVER — Indian tribal members who succeeded in getting the U.S. government to provide an accounting of the tribe’s mineral rights trust are not entitled to have the government pay their attorney fees because the United States’ position during the 15-year-long litigation was “substantially justified,” the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Feb. 14 (William S. Fletcher, et al. v. United States, et al., No. 16-5050, 10th Cir.)....