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SISSETON AND WAHPETON BANDS OR TRIBES v. UNITED STATES

Appeal No. 4-69.

423 F.2d 1386 (1970)

The SISSETON AND WAHPETON BANDS OR TRIBES et al. v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

April 17, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin J. Sonosky, Washington, D. C., attorney of record, for appellants. Emerson Hopp, Minneapolis, Minn., and Louis L. Rochmes, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

John D. Sullivan, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. Shiro Kashiwa for appellee the United States.

Jess Larson, Washington, D. C., attorney of record, for appellees, heirs of Kelly Brown and Wesley E. Disney. Urban A. Lester, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Before COWEN, Chief Judge, and LARAMORE, DURFEE, DAVIS, COLLINS, SKELTON, and NICHOLS, Judges.

ON APPEAL FROM THE INDIAN CLAIMS COMMISSION

DAVIS, Judge.

This controversy arises out of an award of attorneys' fees by the Indian Claims Commission upon its judgment of $5,097,575 in favor of certain Indian claimants. Our appellate jurisdiction rests on Sections 15 and 20 of the Indian Claims Commission Act, 25 U.S.C. §§ 70n, 70s (1964). Cherokee Nation v. United States, 355 F.2d 945...

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