WASHINGTON: U.S. District Judge James Robertson held his first hearing this week on federal government's Indian Trust operations and got sharply divided opinions on what to do with the 10-1/2-year-old class action lawsuit over the trust program.Lawyers for the Indian plaintiffs urged the judge Wednesday to set the case for a four-month trial this summer on whether the government can actually conduct its long-promised accounting of Individual Indian money accounts.
"It's time for final judgment", argued attorney Dennis M. Gingold, citing suggestions by an appeals court and the chief judge of the district court that both sides should attempt to settle the case promptly.
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"It's time for final judgment", argued attorney Dennis M. Gingold, citing suggestions by an appeals court and the chief judge of the district court that both sides should attempt to settle the case promptly.
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