Legal Opinion
Ramey Construction Co. v. Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 22, 1982No. Nos. 78-1376, 81-1129PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKAY, Circuit Judge.
In 1972 the Mescalero Apache Tribe began construction of a ten million dollar resort hotel complex called the Inn of the Mountain Gods on its reservation in New Mexico for which Ramey Construction Company was the general contractor. After the project was completed in mid-1975, Ramey filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico against various Tribal Defendants1 and Boyle Engineering Corporation, the project’s architect and engineer. Ramey sought to recover approximately $427,000 of contract retainage withheld by the Tribe, as well…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- United States v. TestanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. SherwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- United States v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Santa Clara Pueblo v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Jicarilla Apache Tribe v. AndrusCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
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- Davis v. Michigan Department of CorrectionsDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1990
- Espinosa v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1990
- Jicarilla Apache Tribe v. AndrusCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
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