Circuit Split Over HUD Funding Merits High Court Review, Tribal Petitioners Argue

Mealey's (August 1, 2018, 9:47 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two rulings by different federal appeals courts create a conflict about the repayment of federal housing money to Indian tribes that must be resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court, tribes and their housing agencies tell the high court in a July 31 reply brief supporting their bid for certiorari (Fort Peck Housing Authority, et al. v. United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al., No. 17-1353, Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, et al. v. United States, No. 17-1419, U.S. Sup.)....