DOJ: Cobell v. Norton, et al. Case No. 1:96CV01285 (D.D.C.)

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Cobell v. Norton, et al.

Case No. 1:96CV01285 (D.D.C.)

December, 2002 Filings

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**Cobell Case Documents**
Date and Summary	Full Title
December 31, 2002 Defendant's Response and Objections to the Report and Recomendation of the Special Master-Monitor on Sequestration of Witnesses for Phase 1.5 Trial Discovery Depositions	Government opposes Special Master-Monitor's report recommending sequestration and sealing of Interior officials' depositions PDF OCR
December 23, 2002 Government's brief was timely filed and request for mandamus, in the alternative, is proper	Opposition to Plaintiffs-Appellees' Motion to Strike PDF OCR
December 23, 2002 Government and plaintiffs agree that if appeal is to go forward, it should do so expeditiously	Reply in Support of Defendants' Motion for Expedited Appeal and Argument PDF OCR
December 18, 2002 Government objects to plaintiffs' request for more than $3 million in attorneys' fees and expenses	Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Application for Attorneys' Fees and Expenses Related to the Second Contempt Trial PDF OCR
December 18, 2002 Government objects to vague and ambiguous notice of deposition	Defendants' Objections to Plaintiffs' Notice of Rule 30(b)(6) Deposition of Electronic Data Systems Corp. PDF OCR
December 16, 2002 Government seeks production of additional named-plaintiffs' documents in order to prepare for depositions	Interior Defendants' Reply in Support of Motion for Order Adopting Special Master-Monitor's Recommendations Regarding Plaintiffs' Production of Documents, and Ordering Plaintiffs' Immediate Production of Documents PDF OCR
December 11, 2002 Interior seeks to have depositions of two key employees occur after January 6, 2003 deadline for filing of plans	Defendants' Motion for Protective Order PDF OCR
December 10, 2002 Treasury urges adoption of recommendations that would protect sensitive information	Treasury Defendant's Motion to Adopt the November 27, 2002 Recommendations of the Special Master PDF OCR
December 09, 2002 Government rebuts plaintiffs' contentions regarding sequestration agreement	Defendants' Response to Plaintiffs' Further Brief re Sequestration Issue PDF OCR
December 09, 2002 Interior calls for adoption, in part, and rejection, in part, of Special Master-Monitor's Report and Recommendation of November 20, 2002	Interior Defendants' Response and Objections to the "Report and Recommendation of the Special Master on the 'Unopposed Motion by Interior Defendants for Order Adopting Special Master-Monitor's Recommendation regarding Plaintiffs' Production of Documents, and Ordering Plaintiffs' Immediate Production of Documents' " PDF OCR
December 09, 2002 Interior demonstrates that its transmittal of account statements is authorized by both statute and the Courts	Interior Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Consolidated Supplemental Reply in Support of a Motion for a Preliminary Injunction regarding Historial Statements of Account and Plaintiffs' "Request" for a Rule 23(e) Order regarding Communications with Class Members PDF OCR
December 06, 2002 Interior opposes Special Master-Monitor's attempt to expand his authority	Interior Defendants' Response and Objections to the "Report and Recommendations of the Special Master-Monitor on the Extent of the Authority of the Special Master-Monitor to Regulate all Phase 1.5 Trial Discovery Proceedings and the Need for Clarification of the September 17, 2002 Oder Appointing the Special Master-Monitor" PDF OCR
December 06, 2002 Government seeks swift consideration of its appeal of contempt finding	Motion for Expedited Appeal and Argument PDF OCR
December 06, 2002 Government appeals finding of contempt and other orders of September 17, 2002	Brief for the Appellants PDF OCR
December 06, 2002 Government maintains District Court's orders of September 17, 2002 are properly appealable as of right	Opposition to Appellees' Motion to Dismiss Appeal PDF OCR
December 04, 2002 Government opposes sequestration absent protective order	Defendants' Brief in Opposition to Restrictions on Deposition Witnesses PDF OCR
December 02, 2002 Treasury files its Quarterly Report with the Court	Notice of Filing of the Twelfth Quarterly Report for the Department of the Treasury PDF OCR

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