Judge:  Yakama Nation States Credible Claims Of U.S. Mismanagement Of Forest

Mealey's (June 3, 2021, 12:25 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge on May 28 denied a request by the United States to dismiss a breach of fiduciary duty suit filed by a Washington state Indian tribe that says the government is mismanaging the tribe’s forest resources, finding that the court has jurisdiction and the allegations are “facially plausible.”...