Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation v. City of Yakima et al
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1:20-cv-03156
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December 14, 2022
Yakama Nation's $300K Superfund Settlement Wins Approval
A federal judge has approved a nearly $300,000 settlement between the Yakama Nation and Yakima, Washington, over tribal work done to remove hazardous waste from a former city landfill, saying the city must pay all future costs incurred by the cleanup.
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November 30, 2022
Wash. City Offers To Pay $300K To End Tribe's Cleanup Suit
The city of Yakima, Washington, on Wednesday offered to pay nearly $300,000 to reimburse the Yakama Nation for its work cleaning up a former city landfill in an effort to end a lawsuit over the project.
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August 01, 2022
Yakama Tribe, City Get No Swift End To Toxic Landfill Row
A federal judge on Monday denied quick wins to both sides in the Yakama Nation's suit against Yakima, Washington, seeking costs connected to the cleanup of a former municipal landfill.
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July 07, 2022
Tribe Has Standing In Toxic Landfill Case Against Wash. City
The Yakama Nation has standing to pursue its case against a Washington city seeking costs connected to the cleanup of a former municipal landfill, according to an order by a federal judge who also ruled that the city's expert environmental witness is qualified to testify.
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June 08, 2022
Yakama Tribe And Wash. City Square Off In Superfund Suit
The Yakama Nation has told a Washington federal judge that the city of Yakima can't avoid liability for the tribe's costs connected with the cleanup of a former municipal landfill, while the city said the tribe can't show the costs meet the requirements of federal Superfund law.
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May 04, 2022
Yakama Nation Seeks Early Win In Wash. Superfund Suit
The Yakama Nation has asked a Washington federal judge to quickly award it more than $133,000 that it claims to have spent cleaning up a former municipal landfill, even as city officials say the tribe hasn't shown how they are responsible for those costs.
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May 02, 2022
Yakama Still Can't Back Up CERCLA Claims, Wash. City Says
A Washington city has urged a federal judge to dismiss the Yakama Nation's suit seeking to recoup costs under federal Superfund law for cleaning up a former municipal-run landfill, saying the tribe still hasn't shown the city's actions led the tribe to incur those costs.
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March 08, 2022
Yakama Must Try Again To Prove Standing In Superfund Suit
A Washington federal judge has denied the Yakama Nation's bid to sue the city of Yakima as the tribe seeks to recoup costs under federal Superfund law for cleanup of a former municipal-run landfill, ruling that it proved only two of the three elements required to bring suit.
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January 07, 2022
Yakama Nation Says Wash. City Can't Dodge CERCLA Suit
The Yakama Nation has pressed a federal judge to find that the tribe can bring claims for reimbursement for hazardous waste costs against a Washington city, saying that federal law specifically gives tribes a right to recoup those costs and that allowing the suit wouldn't impede cleanup efforts.
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December 08, 2021
Yakama Nation Says It Can Sue Wash. City Over Landfill Waste
The Yakama Nation told a Washington federal judge it has standing to sue a Washington city under federal Superfund law for the costs of cleaning up hazardous waste leaking from a former municipal-run landfill.