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Article: Inquiry ordered for Justice Department attorneys in American Indian case
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- December 26, 2002
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Inquiry ordered for Justice Department attorneys in American
Indian case
Washington Post
Thursday, December 26, 2002
Washington -- A federal judge this week ordered a court ethics
panel to investigate six Justice Department attorneys involved in a
landmark class-action suit against the government that seeks billions
of dollars and was filed on behalf of more than 300,000 American
Indians.
In a stinging 20-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth
also blocked the Interior and Justice departments from continuing to
send mass mailings to the Indian plaintiffs that include a provision
terminating the Indians' rights to claim damages, even as the lawsuit
continues.
Lamberth already has ...