Indian Country Today looks at the latest filings in the Cobell v. Salazar appeal.

It's worth noting that, notwithstanding fulminations from the plaintiffs' attorneys, the appeal hasn't yet delayed the settlement at all: even if there had been no appeal, the settlement moneys still would not be distributed, because Elouise Cobell's collateral request for reconsideration of an extra $10.5 million to be paid to her (another document absent from the indiantrust.com website) is still pending at the district-court level.