The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review two separate challenges to a $380 million fund that is designated for third parties in a larger class action settlement between the federal government and Native American farmers and ranchers.

The U.S. Justice Department had urged the justices to deny review even though it previously had called the third-party agreement “regrettable” in the lower appellate court. So-called “cy pres” payments are funds that are given to persons or entities that are not direct parties to the dispute.

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