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UNITED STATES v. CREEK NATION

No. 2.

295 U.S. 103 (1935)

55 S.Ct. 681

79 L.Ed. 1331

UNITED STATES v. CREEK NATION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 29, 1935.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Attorney General Sweeney, with whom Solicitor General Biggs, Assistant Attorney General Blair, and Messrs. George T. Stormont and Wilfred Hearn were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. W.W. Spalding, with whom Messrs. E.J. Van Court and Paul M. Niebell were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit by the Creek Nation or Tribe of Indians against the United States to recover compensation for certain lands of that tribe charged to have been appropriated by the United States. The tribe obtained a judgment and we granted a petition by the United States for certiorari. The suit was brought in 1926 under the act of May 24, 1924, c. 181, 43 Stat. 139...

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