Claims Court Judge: Fact Issues Exist About Tribe’s Claims Over Agency Building

(December 8, 2023, 4:41 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States is not entitled to summary judgment on breach of trust and constitutional taking claims raised by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe because questions of fact exist regarding the status of an agency building on tribal land the tribe claims the government abandoned, a U.S. Court of Federal Claims court judge found in partly denying the United States’ motion for summary judgment....