United States Eighth Circuit

Company seeking to develop property on Indian land did not have standing under Title 25 of the National Environmental Policy Act or the National Historic Preservation Act to challenge the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs' decision to void lease company had with Indian tribe for construction of a hog-raising facility.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/05/2002
• Published 04/05/2002

Judges

• BYE, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, Chief Judge, HANSEN  and BYE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Terry L. Pechota, argued, Rapid City, SD (Eric Antoine, on the brief), for appellant Rosebud Sioux Tribe., James B. Dougherty, argued, Washington, DC, for appellants-intervenors., Todd S. Kimm, argued, Washington, DC (James F. Simon, R. Anthony Rogers, E. Ann Peterson, Stephen Simpson, and Maria Wiseman, on the brief), for Federal appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gregory A. Fontaine, argued, Minneapolis, MN (Vernie C. Durocher, Jr., Charles M. Thompson, and Brent A. Wilbur, on the brief), for appellee.