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Show - 2 - © laim ® before th © Court of OLaim ® * What t h i s meant was that the lawyers representing the case had to go through three processes prior to settlement : the legislative* the administrative, and th © litigation, The two processes that are of concern here are those of receiving legislative approval for suit and the presentation of that suit before the Court of Claims* Because i t was an Indian tribe that was presenting the suit, it was necessary for the lawyers representing the tribe to have their con* tract of representation approved by the Department of Interior* The first to become Interested in the Utes and to investigate the possibility of their claim against the government was Raymond Telepause Bonnln, a self- styled, self- educated lawyer. On October 8, 1932, h ® received the approval of th © Interior Department to represent th ® Utes in l l t i* gation; however, i t soon became obvious to him that the full scope of the Ute claims were beyond his ability as a lawyer, so he approached the law firm of Hughs, Schurman and Dwight of New York* The Interior Department approved., and the case was assigned to Ernest L* Wilkinson, a member of that law flrm » s staff of lawyers,-* It was only a short tSm © before Wilkinson resigned from the Hughs* firm and, with Walter G, Movie, formed the law firm of Wilkinson and Moyle in Washington, D, G, B$ r agreement Wilkinson continued working on the Ute case, and *? hen th ® law firm of Hugh © dissolved, the case was turned over to the Wilkinson law firm. This move, in th ® form of three contracts with the Utes, was approved by th © Department of Interior on March 31, 193&* It would be this law firm that would successfully present th ® claims of the Utes before th ® Court of Claims* |