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  1. February 18, 2020

    10th Circ. Backs Atty Fees Denial In Osage Oil, Gas Suit

    The Tenth Circuit on Friday backed an Oklahoma federal judge's decision not to require the federal government to cough up fees to attorneys who represented Osage Nation members in a 14-year lawsuit over oil, gas and coal royalties, saying the judge hadn't abused his discretion.

  2. May 10, 2016

    Osage Members Take Trust Records Ruling To 10th Circ.

    Osage Nation tribal members are appealing to the Tenth Circuit an Oklahoma federal judge's decision refusing to order the federal government to release more accounting records for a mineral rights fund, according to a notice filed in the lower court Monday.

  3. May 04, 2016

    Feds Pooh-Pooh Osage Lawyers' 2nd Bid For Costs, Fees

    The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Indian Affairs told an Oklahoma federal judge on Tuesday that Osage Nation citizens who claim that the government has mismanaged their mineral rights revenues deserve little, if any, of the $1.9 million in fees and costs they claim.

  4. April 14, 2016

    Feds Say Osage Lawyers May Merit Zilch After 14-Year Case

    The federal government blasted attorneys who represented Osage Nation members in a 14-year lawsuit in Oklahoma federal court Wednesday over an effort to recover costs, saying the request is legally baseless and their contingency-fee arrangement may block any path to the $1.9 million in costs and fees they seek.

  5. March 14, 2016

    Tribe Members' Bid To Alter Trust Records Order Denied

    Osage Nation tribal members lost a bid to expand the scope of an Oklahoma federal judge's decision ordering the federal government to release accounting records for a mineral rights fund when the judge ruled Friday that the individuals had not identified a solid reason for altering the order.

  6. February 01, 2016

    Osage Members Want $1.8M Atty Fees In Trust Records Fight

    Members of the Osage Nation asked an Oklahoma federal judge Friday for over $1.8 million in attorneys' fees for a decade's worth of litigation that forced the federal government to turn over financial records for a mineral rights fund, saying the case required special expertise.

  7. January 28, 2016

    Osage Members Want More Oil, Gas Trust Payout Records

    Members of the Osage Nation urged an Oklahoma federal judge Wednesday to broaden an order forcing the federal government to turn over 14 years' worth of financial records for a mineral rights fund, saying any hardship the government would face in providing the additional information would be of its own doing.

  8. January 27, 2016

    Feds Ask For More Time To Tally Osage OIl, Gas Payouts

    The federal government urged an Oklahoma federal judge Wednesday to either allow more time to hand over financial records for a mineral rights fund to Osage Nation members or simplify the procedure, saying it would take three times as long as the court has allowed to provide the drilling contract information.

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