Nooksack tribal members facing disenrollment win records fight

The U.S. Department of the Interior must pay $22,000 in attorney fees to members of the Nooksack Indian Tribe following their fight to get public documents about a tribal election.

U.S. District Court Judge Richard Jones awarded the fees to Rudy St. Germain and Michelle Roberts as part of the final decision in their two-year case to get information under the Freedom of Information Act. The case was then dismissed Friday, Oct. 30.

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