HOPI TRIBE v. NAVAJO TRIBE

Nos. 92-16448, 92-16510, 92-16839 and 92-16840.

46 F.3d 908 (1995)

The HOPI TRIBE, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. The NAVAJO TRIBE, et al., Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 30, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tim Atkeson, Arnold & Porter, Denver, CO, for plaintiff-appellee-cross-appellant, Hopi Tribe.

Bruce R. Greene, Greene & Meyer, Boulder, Colorado, for defendant-appellant-cross-appellee, Navajo Nation, et al.

Katherine W. Hazard, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees, U.S., et al.

Before: CHOY, POOLE and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

CHOY, Circuit Judge:

We have before us in these consolidated appeals and cross-appeals another in a series of disputes between the Hopi and Navajo tribes stemming from what was once characterized as "`the greatest title problem of the West.'" Healing v. Jones, 210 F.Supp. 125, 129 (D.Ariz.1962), aff'd 373 U.S. 758, 83 S.Ct. 1559, 10 L.Ed.2d 703 (1963) (per curiam...

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