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CHOCTAW NATION v. UNITED STATES

No. 4-54.

135 F.Supp. 536 (1955)

The CHOCTAW NATION v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

November 8, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. F. Semple, Tulsa, Okl., for appellant. Wesley E. Disney, Oklahoma City, Okl., was on the brief.

Robert E. Fraley, Oklahoma City, Okl., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen., Perry W. Morton, for appellee.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, MADDEN and LARAMORE, Judges.

MADDEN, Judge.

The appellant sought, before the Indian Claims Commission, to recover the value of 6,589,000 acres of land lying between the Canadian and Red Rivers, and extending from the 100th meridian, west longitude, more than 200 miles to the west. The appellant claims that it became the owner of this land by a grant from the United States in the Treaty of Doak's Stand of October 18, 1820, 7 Stat. 210, and that it...

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