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NAVAJO TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES

No. 49692.

364 F.2d 320 (1966)

NAVAJO TRIBE OF INDIANS v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

July 15, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin J. Sonosky, Assoc. Counsel, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff; Norman M. Littell, Washington, D. C., attorney of record.

Floyd L. France, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., for defendant.

Before COWEN, Chief Judge, JONES, Senior Judge, and LARAMORE, DAVIS, and COLLINS, Judges.

OPINION

COLLINS, Judge.

As the result of a series of transactions beginning in 1942, the United States acquired certain oil and gas rights with respect to the Rattlesnake field, an area within the Navajo Indian Reservation. In this suit, which is based in part upon a special jurisdictional act1 and in part upon 28 U.S.C. § 1505 (1964), plaintiff seeks additional compensation for those rights.

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