Western Shoshone Identifiable Group ex rel. Temoak Bands of Western Shoshone Indians v. United States

This case comes before the court on two requests for review of the opinion and decision filed November 13,1980, by Trial Judge James F. Merow, in the matter of a claim for *28attorneys’ fees. The first request, filed December 15,1980, is submitted by the claims attorneys who won a judgment of $26,145,189.89 for plaintiffs before the Indian Claims Commission.1 The trial judge awarded the attorneys a fee of 9.1 percent of the judgment, or $2,379,212.19. The claims attorneys seek instead a fee of 10 percent of the judgment, or $2,614,518.99, the maximum allowed by statute for Indian claims cases.…