United States DC Circuit

In a longstanding dispute between beneficiaries of Indian land trusts and their trustee, the U.S., a district court order requiring that every mailing to trust beneficiaries include a notice stating that "any" information provided about trust matters "may be unreliable" is vacated where the order exceeded the district court's authority, and the chief judge of the district court is directed to reassign the case.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/11/2006
• Decided 07/11/2006
• Published 07/11/2006

Judges

• Before:  TATEL and BROWN, Circuit Judges, and SILBERMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

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


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