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Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community v. United States
2008 WL 1883170
No. 06-943L
United States Court of Federal Claims, April 24, 2008

Subjects: Tribal trust funds -- Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; Fiduciary accountability -- United States; Beneficiaries; Breach of trust -- United States; Trusts and trustees -- Accounting -- United States.

*Synopsis: (from the opinion) This is a tribal trust accounting case. It comes before the Court on the Government's motion to dismiss pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1500, contending that the same claims were already pending in District Court when the instant Complaint was filed. Having reviewed the parties' initial and supplemental briefs and weighed the documentary evidence and testimony presented by the parties, we find that the claims set forth in the Plaintiff's District Court Complaint were not pending for purposes of § 1500 when the instant Complaint was filed.

*Holding: not yet available

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