YUKON-KUSKOKWIM HEALTH CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al

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Case Number:

1:17-cv-02474

Court:

District Of Columbia

Nature of Suit:

Other Statutory Actions

Judge:

Tanya S. Chutkan

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  1. March 18, 2020

    Feds Can't Escape Alaskan Tribal Land Cleanup Fight

    A D.C. federal judge has refused to let the federal government out of an Alaskan tribal health care nonprofit's suit claiming the U.S. failed to clean up oil-contaminated land and transfer it to the tribe, ruling that the government had 25 years to meet its obligations.

  2. January 29, 2020

    DC Judge Says Gov't Has Dirty Hands In Tribal Land Fight

    The government "doesn't have clean hands" in a fight over its failure to clean up and transfer oil-contaminated land to an Alaskan tribal health care nonprofit a quarter of a century after it was supposed to, a D.C. federal judge said Wednesday.

  3. March 13, 2018

    Alaska Tribal Org Says Feds Can't Duck Land Cleanup Row

    A health care nonprofit run by an Alaskan tribe slammed the federal government's bid to escape a suit over its failure to clean up and transfer oil-contaminated land to the nonprofit, telling a D.C. federal judge Tuesday the government's contention that the claims are time-barred runs contrary to case law.

  4. November 17, 2017

    Alaska Tribal Health Org Sues For Land Cleanup, Transfer

    A tribe-run health care nonprofit in Alaska filed a complaint in federal court Thursday seeking to force the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Air Force to clean up and transfer oil-contaminated land the nonprofit says should have been in its hands more than two decades ago.