HILL v. MORTON

No. 75-1564.

525 F.2d 327 (1975)

Houston Bus HILL and Thurman S. Hurst, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Hon. Rogers C. B. MORTON, Secretary of the Interior for the United States, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

October 2, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coleman H. Hayes, Houston Bus Hill, Oklahoma City, Okl., for appellees.

Wallace H. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., George R. Hyde, Larry G. Gutterridge, Attys., Dept. of Justice, for appellant.

Before PICKETT, Senior Circuit Judge, and SETH and McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

In the district court, plaintiffs sought judicial review of a decision of the Secretary of the Interior denying full payment of their claim against the estate of a deceased, restricted Otoe Indian. The plaintiffs contended that the Secretary's order approving only partial payment of their claim for legal services rendered the decedent during his lifetime, was ". . . arbitrary and capricious and contrary to and in direct conflict with the record evidence...

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