Legal Opinion

Mingus Constructors, Inc. v. The United States

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided March 3, 1987No. Appeal 86-1554PublishedCited by 1,013 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BENNETT, Senior Circuit Judge.

The decision of the United States Claims Court (Claims Court), 10 Cl.Ct. 173 (1986) (Merow, J.), granting summary judgment in favor of the government against Mingus Constructors, Inc. (Mingus), on Mingus’s claim for damages arising out of a road construction contract on the Hopi Indian Reservation in Navajo County, Arizona, is affirmed on the basis of the following opinion.

BACKGROUND

Mingus entered into a written construction contract with the Department of the Interior (Bureau of Indian Affairs) to construct 8.93 miles of roadway between Lupe and Oraibi, Arizona.…

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