Judge: Plaintiffs Failed To Show Government Breached Its Duty In Royalty Dispute

( August 19, 2025, 1:22 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A judge in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims has ruled that Native Americans who have been engaged in a long-running land dispute with the U.S. government regarding alleged mismanagement of oil and natural gas resources in the Bakken Shale formation failed to show that the government breached its fiduciary duty in its payment of royalties....