SUPERIOR OIL CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 85-1330.

798 F.2d 1324 (1986)

SUPERIOR OIL COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Jepperson (Arthur H. Nielsen, with him on the brief) of Nielsen & Senior, Salt Lake City, Utah, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Edward J. Shawaker (F. Henry Habicht, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Brent D. Ward, U.S. Atty., Joseph W. Anderson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Salt Lake City, Utah, and Robert L. Klarquist, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with him on the brief), Atty., Dept. of Justice, and Louis Denetsosie (R. Randall Harrison, Window Rock, Ariz., and Kevin N. Anderson, Salt Lake City, Utah, with him on the brief), Navajo Nation Dept. of Justice, for defendants-appellees.

Before BARRETT, SEYMOUR and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.


BARRETT, Circuit Judge.

Superior Oil Company (Superior) appeals from the District Court's dismissal of its amended complaint seeking declaratory, mandamus and injunctive relief against the United States, the Secretary of the Interior, other officers of the Department of the Interior, the Navajo Tribe of Indians, its Council, and certain named tribal departments and certain Navajo Indians, sued individually and in their official capacities. Jurisdiction was asserted...

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