MINGUS CONSTRUCTORS, INC. v. U.S.

Appeal No. 86-1554.

812 F.2d 1387 (1987)

MINGUS CONSTRUCTORS, INC., Appellant, v. The UNITED STATES, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

March 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chad L. Schexnayder, of Jennings, Kepner & Haug, Phoenix, Arizona, argued for appellant. On the brief with him was Robert A. Scheffing, of Jennings, Kepner & Haug, Phoenix, Ariz.

Thomas W. Petersen, of the Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., argued for appellee. With him on the brief were Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., David M. Cohen, Director, and Michael Paul, of the Commercial Litigation Branch, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. Of counsel was Daniel Jackson, Office of Counsel, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Dept. of the Interior.

Before FRIEDMAN and DAVIS, Circuit Judges, and BENNETT, Senior Circuit Judge.


BENNETT, Senior Circuit Judge.

The decision of the United States Claims Court (Claims Court), 10 Cl.Ct. 173 (1986) (Merow, J.), granting summary judgment in favor of the government against Mingus Constructors, Inc. (Mingus), on Mingus's claim for damages arising out of a road construction contract on the Hopi Indian Reservation in Navajo County, Arizona, is affirmed on the basis of the following opinion.

BACKGROUND

Mingus entered into a written construction...

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