COBELL V. NORTON UPDATE

• Jurisdiction: United States

Natural Resources Development in Indian Country
(Nov 2005)
CHAPTER 13C
COBELL V. NORTON UPDATE
Lawrence Jensen
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.

Mr. Jensen currently serves as Counselor to the Solicitor and Regional Solicitor for the Intermountain Region in the U.S. Department of the Interior. For the past 3%p1/2%p years, he has been the Department's lead counsel in Cobell v. Norton, the class action brought by individual Indians in 1996 to obtain an accounting of the Department's Individual Indian Money accounts.

Mr. Jensen also has served as Associate Solicitor for Indian Affairs and Associate Solicitor for Energy and Minerals, and as General Counsel and Assistant Administrator for Water at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

In Cobell v. Norton, D.C. Cir. No. 05-5068, plaintiffs seek an accounting from the government of its management of the monies that it holds in trust for individual Indians. The exact nature and scope of the accounting that must be provided--and...