United States Eighth Circuit

In an action brought an individual's heirs seeking to enforce rights as heirs under certain Indian Land Certificates, denial of heirs' claim is affirmed where agency did not abuse its discretion in denying a request to reopen a decision as the request was untimely and was made by petitioners who were not parties to an underlying action.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/28/2007
• Published 02/28/2007

Judges

• LOKEN, Chief Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, LAY  and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lawrence Herman Crosby, argued, Crosby & Associates, St. Paul, MN, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert J. Lundman, argued, U.S. Department of Justice Environmental & Natural Resources, Washington, DC (Elizabeth Ann Peterson, U.S. Department of Justice, on the brief), for appellees.