MUSCOGEE CREEK INDIAN FREEDMEN BAND v. BERNHARDT

Civil Action No. 18-1705 (CKK).

385 F.Supp.3d 16 (2019)

MUSCOGEE CREEK INDIAN FREEDMEN BAND, INC., et al., Plaintiffs v. David BERNHARDT, et al., Defendants

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Filed May 6, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1343
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1343 Violation of Civil Rights
Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Damario Solomon-Simmons, Pro Hac Vice, M. David Riggs, Pro Hac Vice, Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison & Lewis PC, Tulsa, OK, Graham Campbell Zorn, Nessa Elise Horewitch Coppinger, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band, Inc., Rhonda K. Grayson, Sharon Lenzy-Scott, Jeffrey D. Kennedy, a Minor, Johnnie Mae Austin.

Damario Solomon-Simmons, Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison & Lewis PC, Tulsa, OK, Graham Campbell Zorn, Nessa Elise Horewitch Coppinger, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs Chantel L. Rose, Ata U. Omom.

Amber B. Blaha, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants Ryan Zinke, United States Department of the Interior.

David L. Feinberg, Brenna M. Spinner, Venable, LLP, Washington, DC, Kevin W. Dellinger, Pro Hac Vice, General's Office, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Okmulgee, OK, for Defendant James Floyd.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

Plaintiffs are individuals and a collection of persons whose lineal ancestors were Creek Nation Freedmen and citizens of the Muscogee Creek Nation ("MCN"). Plaintiffs contend that under the Creek Treaty of 1866, they...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases