CHICKASAW NATION v. U.S.

No. 170.

326 U.S. 217 (1945)

CHICKASAW NATION v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 5, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. William A. Cornish and Paul M. Niebell for petitioner.

Acting Solicitor General Judson, Messrs. J. Edward Williams, Roger P. Marquis, John C. Harrington and Walter J. Cummings, Jr. for the United States.


PER CURIAM.

The Chickasaw Nation asks certiorari to review a judgment of the Court of Claims, 103 Ct. Cls. 1, dismissing its suit for moneys allegedly owing to it by the United States. Some of petitioner's claims were denied below, but others, totalling $22,858.78, were allowed. Against this amount the court below, applying § 2 of the Act of August 12, 1935, 49 Stat. 571, 596, offset a like amount which the court found to have been gratuitously expended by the...

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