TEMPEST RECOVERY SERVICES, INC. v. BELONE

No. 27,749.

74 P.3d 67 (2003)

134 N.M. 133

2003-NMSC-019

TEMPEST RECOVERY SERVICES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leonard BELONE, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

June 10, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Vener, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee.

Joel R. Jasperse, Gallup, NM, for Appellant.


OPINION

EDWARD L. CHÁVEZ, Justice.

{1} Plaintiff-Appellee Tempest Recovery Services, Inc. (Tempest) repossessed Defendant-Appellant Leonard Belone's (Belone) vehicle from his residence outside the Navajo Nation reservation boundaries on allotted Indian land in McKinley County, New Mexico. The principal question presented to this Court is whether the tribal court civil jurisdiction of the Navajo Nation extends beyond reservation boundaries to...

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