United States v. Seminole Nation

JONES, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the United States, 1 defendant below, of a final determination by the Indian Claims Commission that petitioner, the Seminole Nation, is entitled to recover from the Government the sum of $34,213.66, less offsets of $160.00, or the net sum of $34,-053.66. The basis for the award was the Commission’s decision that, under the circumstances of the case, the Secretary of the Interior failed to discharge a duty owed by the Government to the appellee Indians in not canceling a sale of Seminole Nation land and reselling it for the benefit of the Indians at its…