Judge leaning toward CRST in lawsuit over damage caused by 1997 spring flood

The judge hearing a lawsuit filed 25 years ago by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST) against the federal government over flooding on the Moreau River in 1997 has given both sides in the case until Sept. 12 to work out a settlement. Senior Judge Loren A. Smith of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims is presiding over the case, which the CRST filed in 2003 alleging the U.S. Army Corps of...