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CHOCTAW NATION v. UNITED STATES

No. 181-53.

118 F.Supp. 365 (1954)

CHOCTAW NATION v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

February 2, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. F. Semple, Tulsa, Okl., Reuel W. Little, Madell, Okl., and Charles R. Nesbitt, Oklahoma City, Okl., on the briefs, for plaintiff.

Howard O. Sigmond, Washington, D. C., J. Edward Williams, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, and MADDEN, Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is an action by the Choctaw Nation to recover the sum of $1,000,000 as just compensation under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution for an alleged partial taking of certain lands of the Nation arising out of the construction by the United States of the Denison Dam and the impounding of the waters of Lake Texoma.

Defendant has filed a motion to dismiss plaintiff's petition on the ground that this court lacks jurisdiction over the claim asserted...

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