SEMINOLE INDIANS OF STATE OF FLORIDA v. UNITED STATES

No. 1-71.

455 F.2d 539 (1972)

SEMINOLE INDIANS OF the STATE OF FLORIDA and the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

February 18, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Niebell, Washington, D. C., for the Seminole Indians.

Charles Bragman, Washington, D. C., attorney of record for The Seminole Indians of the State of Florida; Effie Knowles and Roy L. Struble, Miami Beach, Fla., of counsel.

Paul M. Niebell, Washington, D. C., attorney of record for The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.

Craig A. Decker, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen., Kent Frizzell, for the United States.

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


On Cross-Appeals from the Indian Claims Commission

PER CURIAM:

After our decision in United States v. Seminole Indians, 180 Ct.Cl. 375 (1967), upholding the Indians' aboriginal title to large parts of Florida, the Indian Claims Commission made a further determination as to the extent of the area properly claimed by the Seminoles (19 Ind.Cl. Comm. 179 (1968)), and, later, a determination that they were entitled to recover $12,347,500, less allowable offsets...

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