PEABODY COAL CO. v. NAVAJO NATION

No. CIV 88-0931-PCT-BMV.

860 F.Supp. 683 (1994)

PEABODY COAL COMPANY, a Delaware corporation; and Southern California Edison Company, Plaintiffs, v. The NAVAJO NATION, Defendant, and Vernon Masayesva, Chairman of the Hopi Tribal Council of the Hopi Tribe, Intervenor.

United States District Court, D. Arizona.

August 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Scarbaro, Arnold & Porter, Denver, CO, for the Hopi Tribe.

Eric N. Dahlstrom, Rothstein, Donatelli, Hughes, Dahlstrom, Kron & Schoenberg, Phoenix, AZ, for the Navajo Nation.


MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER

VAN SICKLE, District Judge.

This case presents the issue of whether certain taxes imposed by the Navajo Nation are properly considered mineral proceeds for purposes of the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974. The matter was tried to the court on March 15-18 & 28, May 2-3, and June 15-16, 1994. After consideration of the issues, arguments, and evidence, this court herein enters its findings of fact and conclusions of...

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