United States Eighth Circuit

Bureau of Indian Affairs' decisions to aerate Belcourt Lake and to erect what may have been inadequate warnings, when there was no Bureau directive requiring warnings, are protected by the discretionary-function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/06/2004
• Published 02/06/2004

Judges

• MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge., Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, HEANEY, and FAGG, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Debra L. Hoffarth, argued, Minot, ND, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Shon Hastings, argued, Fargo, ND, for appellee.