Thomas James Ponchik Julian Roger Sanchez v. Earl King Automatic Vendors, Inc., United States of Am., Intervenor-Appellee, 957 F.2d 608 (8th Cir. 1992). · Go Syfert
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Thomas James Ponchik Julian Roger Sanchez v. Earl King Automatic Vendors, Inc., United States of Am., Intervenor-Appellee, 957 F.2d 608 (8th Cir. 1992). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
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Mo. Apr. 24, 2017) (finding plaintiffs lacked standing to seek a declaration of rights under an agreement where they failed to present evidence that they were parties to or third-party beneficiaries of the agreement); see also Ponchik v. King, 957 F.2d 608, 609 (8th Cir. 1992) (finding plaintiffs lacked standing to sue where they were not parties to the contract or third-party beneficiaries); Farmers Ins.
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Thomas James PONCHIK; Julian Roger Sanchez, Appellants,
v.
Earl KING; Automatic Vendors, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee
91-3010.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Feb 26, 1992.
957 F.2d 608
Thomas James Ponchik, pro se., Jerome G. Arnold and Lonnie F. Bryan, Minneapolis, Minn., for U.S., Carol M. Person and Thomas A. Clure, Duluth, Minn., for Earl King and Automatic Vendors, Inc.
McMillian, Wollman, Loken.
Cited by 3 opinions  |  Published
PER CURIAM.

Thomas James Ponchik and Julian Roger Sanchez, federal inmates, appeal from the district court’s [1] judgment for defendants in this civil contract action.

Ponchik and Sanchez filed suit in state court against Automatic Vendors, Inc. (AVI) and its president, Earl King, seeking to void AVI’s contract with the Bureau of Prisons to provide vending machine services at the Federal Correctional Institution in Sandstone, Minnesota. They also sought injunctive relief and damages. After careful review of the record, we agree with the district court that plaintiffs lacked standing to bring this suit. Plaintiffs were not parties to the contract or third-party beneficiaries.

The judgment is affirmed.

1

. The Honorable Paul A. Magnuson, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota.