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UINTAH AND WHITE RIVER BANDS v. UNITED STATES

No. 47569.

152 F.Supp. 953 (1957)

The UINTAH AND WHITE RIVER BANDS OF UTE INDIANS v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims

As Amended October 9, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl S. Hawkins, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs. Ernest L. Wilkinson, F. M. Goodwin, Wilkinson, Cragun, Barker & Hawkins, Washington, D. C., were on the briefs.

Floyd L. France, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. Perry W. Morton, for defendant.

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

MADDEN, Judge.

This is a suit against the United States by the Uintah and White River Bands of Ute Indians. They assert, and the Government denies, that this court has jurisdiction of the case under the special Ute Jurisdictional Act of June 28, 1938, as amended.1 By section 1 of that Act this court is authorized to "hear, determine, and render final judgment on all legal and equitable claims of whatsoever nature which the Ute Indians...

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