Lena Harkins and Adam Harkins, for Themselves and for All Those Members of the Five Civilized Tribes Similarly Situated v. United States

DELMAS C. HILL, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, restricted Choctaw Indians, filed this class action for themselves and all other members of the Five Civilized Tribes similarly situated. They alleged that certain income taxes were assessed against them by the United States and paid by the government’s representatives out of trust funds maintained by the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Indian affairs for the restricted Indians; that these taxes were paid on income received from oil and gas lease bonuses executed on restricted, allotted lands; that it is “probable” that payment of…