BEGAY v. U.S.

No. 88-1011.

865 F.2d 230 (1988)

Joe and Esther BEGAY and Louise Jane Begay, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Unpublished Opinion Issued December 5, 1988.

Published Opinion Issued January 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Brooke Phillips, Big Mountain Legal Office, Flagstaff, Ariz., argued for plaintiffs-appellants.

Vicki L. Plaut, Land & Natural Resources Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., argued for defendant-appellee. With her on the brief were Roger J. Marzulla, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Edward J. Shawaker and Edward J. Passarelli.

S. Barry Paisner, Navajo-Hopi Legal Services Program, Tuba City, Ariz., was on the brief for amicus curiae.

Before FRIEDMAN, ARCHER and MICHEL, Circuit Judges.


ARCHER, Circuit Judge.

Joe and Esther Begay and Louise Jane Begay appeal the summary judgments of the United States Claims Court, Nos. 268-85L and 335-85L (August 7, 1987), dismissing their complaints and thus denying their claims to certain economic, social, cultural and psychological damages associated with their relocation pursuant to the Navajo and Hopi Indian Settlement Act, 25 U.S.C. § 640d, et seq. (1982) (Settlement Act). We affirm.

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