GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY v. HENNINGSON, ETC.

No. 78-1483.

626 F.2d 708 (1980)

GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HENNINGSON, DURHAM & RICHARDSON, a Nebraska Corporation, and Ranier Construction Company, Inc., an Arizona Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Z. Simpson Cox, Cox & Cox, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiff-appellant.

Neil Vincent Wake, Phoenix, Ariz., argued, for defendants-appellees; Riney B. Salmon, II, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, Phoenix, Ariz., on brief.

Before HUG and ALARCON, Circuit Judges, and BLUMENFELD, District Judge.


HUG, Circuit Judge:

This is an action brought by the Gila River Indian Community against an architectural firm and a building contractor for damages for the negligent design and construction of a Youth Center on the Gila River Indian Reservation. The district court dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Appellant contends that jurisdiction exists under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1362.1 The major issue on this appeal is the extent of...

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