Legal Opinion

Creek Nation v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided June 4, 1934No. H-510PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order of the Court

In the matter of the application of E. J. Van Court for the allowance of fees and expenses in case no. H-510, the court approves the findings of the commissioner filed June 2, 1934.

The judgment entered in case no. H-510 was for the sum of $144,106.01, and the court allows to said E. J. Van Court as an attorney’s fee ten percent of said sum, or $14,410.60.

Under the acts of Congress approved May 29, 1928, 45 Stat. 944, and February 14, 1931, 46 Stat. 1139, there has been advanced and paid to E. J. Van Court a total sum of $19,199.24. Both of the above-mentioned acts provide as…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. The Sisseton and Wahpeton Bands or Tribes v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1970
  2. Chickasaw Nation v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1951
  3. Godfroy v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1972

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