BABBITT FORD, INC. v. NAVAJO INDIAN TRIBE

Nos. 81-6054, 82-5002 and 81-6052.

710 F.2d 587 (1983)

BABBITT FORD, INC., an Arizona corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The NAVAJO INDIAN TRIBE, through its Chairman, Peterson Zah, et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Tom and Lorraine Sellers, et al., Defendants-Cross-Appellants. GURLEY MOTOR COMPANY, a New Mexico corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Peterson ZAH, individually and in his capacity as Chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Nabours, Mangum, Wall, Stoops & Warden, Flagstaff, Ariz., Alvin H. Shrago, Evans, Kitchel & Jenckes, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Elizabeth Bernstein, Window Rock, Ariz., John MacKinnon, Tuba City, Ariz., for defendants.

Before MERRILL, CHOY, and ALARCON, Circuit Judges.


ALARCON, Circuit Judge:

In these consolidated appeals, Babbitt Ford, Inc. (Babbitt), and Gurley Motor Company (Gurley), seek reversal of an order of the district court denying declaratory and injunctive relief from enforcement of certain of the Navajo Tribe's (the Tribe) vehicle repossession regulations. In their cross-appeal, Tim and Lorraine Sellers (Sellers) and Barney and Alice Joe (Joes) seek reversal of that portion...

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