Choctaw Nation et al. v. Oklahoma et al.; and Cherokee Nation or Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma v. Oklahoma et al.

No. 976. No. 1104. Choctaw Nation et al. v. Oklahoma et al.; and Cherokee Nation or Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma v. Oklahoma et al. J. D. McLaughlin for petitioners in No. 976, and Peyton Ford, Earl Boyd Pierce, and Paul M. Niebell for petitioner in No. 1104. G. T. Blankenship, Attorney General, for respondent State of Oklahoma, N. A. Gibson for respondents Commissioners of the Land Office of Oklahoma, James H. Ross for respondent Eason Oil Co., Robert W. Richards for respondent Mobil Oil Corp., David 0. Cordell, Riley B. Fell, and Oscar L. Hasty for respondent Marathon Oil Co., and S. W. Wells for respondent Skelly Oil Co., in both cases. Solicitor General Griswold, Acting Assistant Attorney General Taylor, Louis F. Claiborne, and Roger P. Marquis for the United States as amicus curiae in support of the petitions in both cases. [MAJORITY] C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari granted. Cases consolidated and a total of two hours allotted for oral argument. Reported below: 402 F. 2d 739.