U.S. COURT OF APPEALS IN COBELL V. NORTON INTERNET SECURITY CASE UPHOLDS DISTRICT COURT'S ROLE IN ENSURING INDIVIDUAL INDIAN TRUST DATA IS SECURE

Article image Injunction shutting down U.S. Department of the Interior's Internet connections is vacated on procedural grounds, but unanimous Appeals Court panel rejects every other government argument.
“This is a huge step for justice,” said Elouise Cobell, a Blackfeet banker who is the lead plaintiff in the case. “It is the beginning of the end of more than 100 years of destroying and mishandling data relating to what is owed to American Indians for the use of their land.”

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