GILA RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN COM. v. UNITED STATES

No. 552-53.

140 F.Supp. 776 (1956)

GILA RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN COMMUNITY, a Federal Corporation, and Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, composed of the Indians of the Gila River Reservation, each for itself and for and on behalf of the members of the Gila River Pima and Maricopa Indians, both individually and collectively, v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

May 1, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Z. Simpson Cox, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiffs. Ira Schneier, Tucson, Ariz., was on the brief.

Howard O. Sigmond, Washington, D. C., with whom was Perry W. Morton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant. William H. Veeder, Washington, D. C., was on the brief.

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


LITTLETON, Judge.

In their petition filed in this court on October 5, 1953, plaintiffs seek to recover money judgments in eight separate causes of action and also seek an accounting.1 Defendant has moved for judgment on the pleadings or for summary judgment on each cause of action except the seventh.

Plaintiffs' first cause of action seeks recovery in the amount of $32,351,280 for the alleged failure and refusal of the United States...

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