Chickasaw Nation v. United States - 326 U.S. 217 (1945)

U.S. Supreme Court

Chickasaw Nation v. United States, 326 U.S. 217 (1945)

Chickasaw Nation v. United States

No. 170

Decided November 5, 1945

326 U.S. 217

Syllabus

In a suit in the Court of Claims by an Indian tribe against the Government, items of the Government's gratuitous expenditures for the benefit of the Indian tribe which, pursuant to the Act of August 12, 1935, are used to offset the Government's liability should be specifically designated in the judgment. P. 326 U. S. 218.

103 Ct.Cls. 1, reversed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari, herein granted, to review a judgment dismissing a suit in the Court of Claims.