Yurok Tribe v. Department of the Interior

How courts have described this case

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• noting that the statute, “by its clear terms, sets a floor, not a ceiling, on the amount of money that a Tribe can receive in a self-determination contract”
• rejecting the government’s argument that a proposal must be sent to a particular office within the BIA
• rejecting the government’s argument that a proposal must be sent to a particular office within the BIA
• noting 11 that the statute, “by its clear terms, sets a floor, not a ceiling, on the amount of money that a Tribe can receive in a self- determination contract”
• “In effect, if the Secretary does not timely respond to a[n ISDEA] proposal, the proposal is deemed approved and the Secretary is directed to award a contract based on the terms of the proposal.” (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).