United States Eighth Circuit

25 USC 81, which requires approval of the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for contracts for Indians on Indian lands, applies only to contracts for services and not for goods, and a equipment rental contract is a contract for goods.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/16/2001
• Published 08/16/2001

Judges

• BEAM, Circuit Judge., Before MAGILL, BEAM, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jay C. Shultz, argued, Rapid City, SD (Jay C. Shultz and Robert Gusinsky, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Scott Harvey Sumner, argued, Rapid City, SD (Ronald W. Banks, on the brief), for appellee.