Confederated Bands of Ute Indians v. United States

*681OPINION

Per curiam::

We have fully described in our findings the services rendered in this case by the attorney of record and his associates. We will not paraphrase that description here. We think the services were excellent, and can see no instance in which we think the interests of the plaintiff bands of Indians could have been better served. We have, however, awarded somewhat smaller fees than the maximum permitted by the statute, for three reasons. First, the total amount of the four judgments, almost $32,000,000, is so large that an attorney’s fee of ten percent based on that figure shocks…