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CHOCTAW NATION v. U.S.

No. 80.

318 U.S. 423 (1943)

CHOCTAW NATION OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 8, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William G. Stigler for petitioner.

Mr. Robert E. Mulroney, with whom Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Littell, and Messrs. Vernon L. Wilkinson and Roger P. Marquis were on the brief, for the United States; and Mr. Melven Cornish for the Chickasaw Nation, — respondents.

MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the Court.

On August 5, 1929, this suit was begun against the United States by the Chickasaw Nation under the jurisdictional Act of June 7, 1924, 43 Stat. 537.1 By order of January 2, 1940, the Choctaw Nation was impleaded as a defendant on motion of the United States. The question is whether the Chickasaw Nation is entitled to compensation for its one...

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