UNITED STATES v. SIOUX TRIBE

Appeal Nos. 4-78, 6-78.

616 F.2d 485 (1980)

The UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. The SIOUX TRIBE et al., Appellees. The YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE, Appellant, v. The UNITED STATES, Appellee.

United States Court of Claims.

February 20, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig A. Decker, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. James W. Moorman, Washington, D. C., for United States.

Arthur Lazarus, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellees. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Kampelman, Marvin J. Sonosky, Sonosky, Chambers & Sachse, and William Howard Payne, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Charles A. Hobbs, Washington, D. C., for appellant. Angelo A. Iadarola, Washington, D. C., Atty. of record. Frances L. Horn, John Michael Facciola, and Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Before FRIEDMAN, Chief Judge, and KUNZIG and BENNETT, Judges.


ON APPEALS FROM THE INDIAN CLAIMS COMMISSION

FRIEDMAN, Chief Judge.

These two consolidated cases are on appeal from decisions of the Indian Claims Commission concerning compensation for lands the United States acquired pursuant to a treaty with the Sioux Nation signed on April 29, 1868. 15 Stat. 635. The treaty effected the cession of a large part of the land the Sioux owned in North and South Dakota, Nebraska,...

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