SIOUX NATION OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES

No. 148-78.

650 F.2d 244 (1981)

SIOUX NATION OF INDIANS et al. v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

May 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Lazarus, Jr., Washington, D. C., attorney of record, for plaintiff; Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Kampelman, Marvin J. Sonosky, Sonosky, Chambers & Sachse, and William Howard Payne, New York City, of counsel.

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

Before FRIEDMAN, Chief Judge, COWEN, Senior Judge, and DAVIS, NICHOLS, KUNZIG, BENNETT and SMITH, Judges, en banc.


OPINION

FRIEDMAN, Chief Judge:

This is a motion for attorneys' fees made by Arthur Lazarus, Jr., attorney of record for the Sioux Nation of Indians,1 on behalf of all the attorneys seeking a fee. The attorneys are requesting $10,595,943, which is 10 percent of the $105,994,430.52 judgment we awarded the Sioux Nation in Sioux Nation of Indians, et al. v. United States, 220 Ct.Cl...

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