SHANGREAU v. BABBITT

No. 94-4080.

68 F.3d 208 (1995)

Mabel SHANGREAU, Appellant, v. Bruce BABBITT, Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 4, 1995.

Rehearing Denied January 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Hanna Thomas, Mankato, Minnesota, argued for appellant.

Jacques B. Gelin, Washington, DC, argued for appellee (Robert L. Klarquist, Washington, DC, on the brief).

Before McMILLIAN, BRIGHT and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.


McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Mabel Shangreau appeals from a final order entered in the District Court1 for the District of Minnesota granting summary judgment in favor of the federal government on her claim that the definition of "heir" in the White Earth Land Settlement Act of 1985 (WELSA or the Act), as amended, 25 U.S.C. § 331 note, incorporating Minn.Stat. § 525.172 (1984) (repealed effective Jan. 1, 1987), invidiously discriminates...

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