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NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH v. NAVAJO TRIBAL COUNCIL

No. 6146.

272 F.2d 131 (1959)

NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA, a corporation, William Peter Tsosie, Shorty Duncan, and Frank Hanna, Jr., a minor, by and through Frank Hanna, Sr., his next friend, Appellants, v. NAVAJO TRIBAL COUNCIL, Paul Jones, individually and as Chairman of said Tribal Council, Joe Duncan and Sam Garnez, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

November 17, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred M. Standley, Albuquerque, N. M. (Grantham, Spann & Sanchez; Everett M. Grantham, Albuquerque, N. M., on the brief), for appellants.

Robert S. Griswold, Jr., Washington, D. C. (Perry W. Morton, Asst. Atty. Gen., James A. Borland, U. S. Atty., Albuquerque, N. M., J. C. Ryan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Roger P. Marquis, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellees.

Before MURRAH, Chief Judge, and PHILLIPS and HUXMAN, Circuit Judges.

HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

This action was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico by the Native American Church of North America,1 a corporation, William Peter Tsosie, Shorty Duncan, and Frank Hanna, Jr., a minor, by and through Frank Hanna, Sr., his next friend, against the Navajo Tribal Council, Paul Jones, individually and as Chairman of said Tribal Council, Joe Duncan and Sam Garnez. The action was brought...

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