United States Supreme Court
United States v. Tohono O’odham Nation, 09–846
In a dispute related to managed tribal assets held in trust by the Federal Government and involving the scope of jurisdiction of the Court of Federal Claims (CFC), judgment of the appeals court permitting two, simultaneous actions alleging the same violations in federal district court and the CFC is reversed, because two suits are for, or in respect to, the same claim, precluding CFC jurisdiction under 28 U. S. C. section1500, if they are based on substantially the same operative facts, regardless of the relief sought in each suit.
Appellate Information
- Argued 11/01/2010
- Decided 04/26/2011
- Published 04/26/2011
Judges
- KENNEDY
Court
- United States Supreme Court