United States v. Creek Nation

The United States, defendant-appellant, has taken an interlocutory appeal from a decision and Interlocutory Order of the Indian Claims Commission, 26 Ind. Cl. Comm. 410 (1971), Commissioner Blue separately concurring and Commissioner Kuykendall dissenting.

In its petition plaintiff claimed additional compensation under Section 2, Clauses 8 or 5 of the Indian Claims Commission Act of 1946 for 5,200,000 acres of land in Alabama which it ceded' to the United States by the Treaty of March 24, 1832, 7 Stat. 366. The Creeks have a compensable interest in the 5,200,000 acres of land; title is not in…