NAVAJO NATION, aka The Navajo Tribe of Indians, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, State of Arizona, Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued and Submitted July 15, 1981.
Decided February 24, 1982.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Simon H. Rifkind, New York City, argued, for plaintiff-appellant; Mark H. Alcott, Marvin Wexler, Paul Weissman, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, George Vlassis, Katherine Ott, Vlassis & Ott, Phoenix, Ariz., on brief.
Russell A. Kolsrud, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, Ariz., for State of Ariz.
Jerry Jackson, Thomas Pacheco, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for U. S.
Geoffrey L. Graybill, Deputy Atty. Gen., Sacramento, Cal., for State of Cal. and its Atty. Gen.
Jeanne S. Whiteing, John E. Echohawk, Boulder, Colo., Calvin Wilson, Busby, Mont., for Cheyenne Tribe.
R. Anthony Rogers, John Michael Facciola, Glenn P. Sugameli, Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker, Washington, D. C., Thomas J. Lynaugh, Lynaugh, Fitzgerald, Schoppert & Skaggs, Billings, Mont., for Crow Tribe and The Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes.
Reid Peyton Chambers, Sonosky, Chambers & Sachse, Washington, D. C., for Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, intervenors.
Steven L. Bunch, Montana Legal Services Ass'n, Helena, Mont., for Bowen.
Helena S. Maclay, Deirdre Boggs, Bruce McEvoy, Missoula, Mont., Bert W. Kronmiller, James E. Seykora, Douglas Y. Freeman, Hardin, Mont., for State of Mont.
Cale Crowley, Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Gallagher & Toole, Maurice R. Colberg, Jr., Hibbs, Sweeney, Colberg, Jensen & Koessler, Billings, Mont., for numerous defendants-appellees.
Before MERRILL, CHOY and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
CHOY, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Navajo Nation appeals the district court's order staying its federal action. We reverse.1
I. Facts
The Navajo Nation brought this action under 28 U.S.C. § 1362 seeking a declaration of the tribe's rights to the Little Colorado River under its treaties with the United States and various federal statutes and orders.
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