PELT v. UTAH

No. 2:92-CV-639-TX.

611 F.Supp.2d 1267 (2009)

Jake C. PELT, et al., for themselves and for and on Behalf of A Class of Persons consisting of all Navajo Indians residing in San Juan County, Utah, including a sub-class of persons consisting of all other Indians the Secretary of Interior saw fit to settle on lands described in the 1933 Act [47 Stat. 1418] prior to May 17, 1968, Plaintiffs, v. State of UTAH, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Utah, Central Division.

March 25, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Robert Taradash, Nordhaus Law Firm, Daniel I.S.J. Rey—Bear, Doreen N. Hobson, Jennifer J. Dumas, Nordhaus Haltom Taylor Taradash & Bladh LLP, Albuquerque, NM, Brian M. Barnard, Utah Legal Clinic, John P. Pace, Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiffs.

Philip S. Lott, David N. Sonnenreich, Utah Attorney General's Office, Debra J. Moore, Administrative Office of the Courts, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendant.


ORDER AND MEMORANDUM DECISION

TENA CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

Beneficiaries of the Navajo Trust Fund ("NTF" or "Trust Fund") filed this class action against the NTF trustee, Defendant State of Utah, seeking relief for alleged mismanagement of Trust Fund monies. They seek an equitable accounting of Trust Fund income and expenditures and replenishment of Trust Fund resources lost through any proven breach of fiduciary duty.

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