Legal Opinion
The Cherokee Nation, and Its Attorneys, Paul M. Niebell, Earl Boyd Pierce, George E. Norvell, and Dennis W. Bushyhead v. The United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided January 21, 1966No. 6-64PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DURFEE, Judge.
The Cherokee Nation and its attorneys appeal fyvm a final order of the Indian Claims Commission awarding an attorneys’ fee of $1,000,000, or 6.96 percent of the final net judgment of $13,364,476.15, a reduction of $336,447.61 from the ten percent contingent fee specified in the contract between the Cherokee Nation and its attorneys.
The Government first urges that the court is without jurisdiction as a matter of law to review the determination of the Commission as to the amount of attorneys’ fees. Specifically, the Government argues “that the appellate jurisdiction of this court…
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