United States DC Circuit

In a class action regarding agency management of the government's Individual Indian Money trust fund, the district court abused its discretion when it reissued an injunction dictating how defendant must complete an accounting of the trust without due regard for the costs of compliance with the injunction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/15/2005
• Published 11/15/2005

Judges

• Before:  GARLAND, Circuit Judge, and SILBERMAN and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark B. Stern, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellants.   With him on the briefs were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth L. Wainstein, U.S. Attorney, Gregory G. Katsas, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Robert E. Kopp, Thomas M. Bondy, Alisa B. Klein, Mark R. Freeman, and I. Glenn Cohen, Attorneys.


• For Appellees:
  
• G. William Austin III argued the cause for appellees.   With him on the brief were Dennis M. Gingold, Elliott H. Levitas, Mark I. Levy, and Keith M. Harper.