United States Federal Circuit

Plaintiff, a federally recognized Indian tribe, filed suit against the United States in the Court of Federal Claims seeking money damages to cover the cost of providing safe drinking water on their reservation. Dismissal is affirmed, where: 1) in order to invoke the trial court's jurisdiction, plaintiff must identify a statute or regulation imposing a specific obligation on the United States to provide adequate drinking water that would give rise to a claim for money damages; and 2) the Court of Federal Claims properly concluded that plaintiff failed to identify any source for a money-mandating obligation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/02/2015
• Published 04/02/2015

Judges

• Hughes

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

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