Robinson v. United States

OPINION

SPECTOR, Senior Judge.

This case is before the Court on defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment and plaintiffs’ opposition. The facts are not materially in dispute. At issue is the interpretation of various treaties, acts of Congress, and decisions of the predecessor of this court (U.S. Court of Claims) with regard to the rights of the so-called Cherokee freedmen and their descendants to share in the distribution of proceeds from the sale of tribal property. Defendant argues that the Court lacks jurisdiction over this case and, alternatively, that plaintiffs’ claims are barred by the…