Case: The Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Reservation, Montana, and The Gros Ventre Tribe of the Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana v. The United States
Abbreviation: Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Reservation v. United States
Decision Date: 1981-06-19
Docket Number: No. 649-80L
Citation: 228 Ct. Cl. 726
Volume: 228
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Court: United States Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: The Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Reservation, Montana, and The Gros Ventre Tribe of the Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana v. The United States
Judges: Before Nichols, Judge, Presiding, Bennett and Smith, Judges.
Pages: 726–727

Head Matter:
No. 649-80L.
June 19, 1981
The Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Reservation, Montana, and The Gros Ventre Tribe of the Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana v. The United States
Charles A. Hobbs, attorney of record, for plaintiffs. Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker, Frances L. Horn, of counsel.
James M. Upton, with whom was Assistant Attorney General Carol E. Dinkins, for defendant.
Before Nichols, Judge, Presiding, Bennett and Smith, Judges.

Opinion:
This motion for summary judgment was filed by plaintiffs on April 29, 1981, and is not opposed by the defendant. The underlying action is for just compensation under the fifth amendment and was brought pursuant to authority in a special jurisdictional act passed by Congress on October 9, 1980, Pub.L. No. 96-405. There are no differences among the parties. The parties have come to an agreement about the correct formula to compute damages and also on the proper amount of recovery, which is $29,357,453. This court's auditors have confirmed that that amount is correctly computed.
Accordingly, plaintiffs' motion is granted, and judgment is entered for plaintiffs for $29,357,453, plus 5 percent interest on principal of $4,623,221 from April 16, 1981, to date of payment to plaintiffs.
On June 14, 1982 The United States Senate introduced Resolution 409 (97th Cong.) disapproving the plan for distribution of judgment funds awarded to the Gros Ventre Tribe of the Fort Belknap Reservation in Docket 649-80L.