Legal Opinion
Sokaogon Gaming Enterprise Corporation and Sokaogon Chippewa Community v. Tushie-Montgomery Associates, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 5, 1996No. 95-3036PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Tushie-Montgomery Associates, Inc. (called “TMI” by the parties) has taken an interlocutory appeal from a ruling by the district court in a suit in which an Indian tribe (and its casino subsidiary, but we can ignore this detail) seeks to void its contract with TMI. The contract was for architectural services in connection with a casino that the tribe wanted built. After TMI had rendered substantial services and received a partial payment of $150,000, the leadership of the tribe changed and the new leadership repudiated the contract. The leaders claimed that the contract…
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