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SAC AND FOX INDIANS v. SAC AND FOX INDIANS

No. 614.

220 U.S. 481 (1911)

SAC AND FOX INDIANS OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN IOWA v. SAC AND FOX INDIANS OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN OKLAHOMA, AND THE UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 24, 1911.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles H. Merillat, with whom Mr. Charles J. Kappler, Mr. George R. Struble, Mr. H.F. Stiger and Mr. William O. Belt were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Barry Mohun, with whom Mr. A.R. Serven and Mr. R.W. Joyce were on the brief, for appellee Indians.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General John Q. Thompson, with whom Mr. George M. Anderson was on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the judgment of the court.

This is a suit brought by the Sac and Fox Indians of the Mississippi in Iowa against the Sacs and Foxes in Oklahoma and against the United States, under the act of March 1, 1907, c. 2290, 34 Stat. 1055. That statute gave "full legal and equitable jurisdiction, without regard to lapse of time," to the Court of Claims to hear and determine "as justice and equity may require...

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