Cobell v. Norton, CIV.A. 96-1285 RCL.

• Decision Date: 03 March 2003
• Docket Number: No. CIV.A. 96-1285 RCL.,CIV.A. 96-1285 RCL.
• Citation: 246 F.Supp.2d 59
• Parties: Elouise Pepion COBELL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Gale A. NORTON, Secretary of the Interior, et al., Defendants.
• Court: U.S. District Court — District of Columbia

246 F.Supp.2d 59

Elouise Pepion COBELL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Gale A. NORTON, Secretary of the Interior, et al., Defendants.

No. CIV.A. 96-1285 RCL.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 3, 2003.

J. Christopher Kohn, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington, DC, Brian L. Ferrell, U.S. Dept. of Justice, ENRD, Washington, DC, Mark E. Nagel, Robert Craig Lawrence, Scott Sutherland Harris, U.S. Atty.'s Office, Washington, DC, Charles Walter Findlay, III, Washington, DC, Henry A. Azar, Jr., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Seth Brandon Shapiro, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Jonathan Brian New, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Jennifer R. Rivera, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Sandra Peavler Spooner, David J. Gottesman, Peter Blaze Miller, Cynthia L. Alexander, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington, DC, John Charles Cruden, John Stemplewicz, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Amalia D. Kessler, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington DC, for Kevin Gover.

J. Christopher Kohn, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington, DC, Brian L. Ferrell, U.S. Dept. of Justice, ENRD, Washington, DC, Phillip Martin Seligman, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Mark E. Nagel, Robert Craig Lawrence, Scott Sutherland Harris, U.S. Atty.'s Office, Washington, DC, Henry A. Azar, Jr., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Terry M. Petrie, U.S. Dept. of Justice, ENRD, Gen. Litigation, Denver, CO, Michael John Quinn, Seth Brandon Shapiro, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Jonathan Brian New, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Gino D. Vissicchio, Jennifer R. Rivera, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Sandra Peavler Spooner, John Warshawsky, David J. Gottesman, Peter Blaze Miller, Mathew J. Fader, John J. Siemietkowsi, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial

Litigation Branch, Washington, DC, John R. Kresse, Timothy E. Curley, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div.—Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington, DC, Tracy Lyle Hilmer, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Dodge Wells, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, John Stemplewicz, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for Dept. of Interior.

J. Christopher Kohn, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington, DC, Mark E. Nagel, Robert Craig Lawrence, Scott Sutherland Harris, U.S. Atty.'s Office, Washington, DC, Henry A. Azar, Jr., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Daniel Gordon Jarcho, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Washington, DC, Seth Brandon Shapiro, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Jonathan Brian New, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Jennifer R. Rivera, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Herbert Lawrence Fenster, Michael James Bearman, McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP, Washington, DC, Sandra Peavler Spooner, David J. Gottesman, Peter Blaze Miller, Cynthia L. Alexander, Mathew J. Fader, Tracy Lyle Hilmer, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Dodge Wells, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, John Stemplewicz, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Amalia D. Kessler, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington, DC, for Gale Norton.

Robert D. Luskin, Patton Boggs LLP, Washington, DC, Henry A. Azar, Jr., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Seth Brandon Shapiro, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Jonathan Brian New, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Jennifer R. Rivera, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, David J. Gottesman, Peter Blaze Miller, Cynthia L. Alexander, Mathew J. Fader, Amalia D. Kessler, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington, DC, for John D. Leshy.

Robert D. Luskin, Patton Boggs LLP, Washington, DC, Seth Brandon Shapiro, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Jonathan Brian New, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Jennifer R. Rivera, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, David J. Gottesman, Peter Blaze Miller, Cynthia L. Alexander, Mathew J. Fader, Amalia D. Kessler, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington, DC, for Edward B. Cohen.

Henry A. Azar, Jr., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Seth Brandon Shapiro, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Jonathan Brian New, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Elizabeth Wallace Fleming, Trout & Richards, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, Jennifer R. Rivera, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, David J. Gottesman, Peter Blaze Miller, Cynthia L. Alexander, Mathew J. Fader, Amalia D. Kessler, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington, DC, for Michael G. Rossetti.

B. Michael Rauh, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Henry A. Azar, Jr., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Programs Branch...