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May 29, 2010
Cobell settlement "deadline" extended again....and it STILL may not do much good.
From Indian Country Today:
" Faced with the prospect of a derailed $3.4 billion settlement in the long-running Cobell v. Salazar lawsuit, Indian plaintiffs agreed Friday to another deadline extension in an effort to secure congressional approval.
May 28 had been set by the plaintiffs and the Obama administration as
the final date for congressional action, but a deadline extension was
agreed to after it became clear Congress could not get it done.
The new deadline, chosen by the plaintiffs, is June 15. It is the fifth deadline involving the deal, and the fourth extension.
Dennis Gingold, the lead lawyer for the plaintiffs, previously said
that if Congress did not meet the May 28 deadline, he would proceed
anew with litigation."
And even if it does get done, THIS TIME, it's not a terribly great settlement agreement for the plaintiffs, in your mild-mannered blog editor's opinion.
twp
May 29, 2010 in Current Affairs, General Interest, Reservations, Indian Country and Land Use | Permalink
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The plaintiff attorneys and four named plaintiffs will continue to seek extensions no matter how much rhetoric to the contrary. Getting a settlement passed is the only way they'll get paid which, to me a member of the current class, is primarily what the settlement is about - that and getting them out of 14 years of litigation to "get an accounting." Anyone that hasn't yet read the settlement, especially Indian law professors, need to read it and see how the tenets of Indian law jurisprudence are being destroyed by the proposed creation of a new class to extinguish claims for damages to our lands and natural resources for a paltry $500.
Posted by: Kimberly Craven | May 29, 2010 9:56:32 AM
