U.S. v. NAVAJO NATION

No. 07-1410.

129 S.Ct. 1547 (2009)

556 U.S. 287

173 L.Ed.2d 429

UNITED STATES, Petitioner, v. NAVAJO NATION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 6, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin S. Kneedler , Acting Solicitor General, Washington, DC, for United States.

Carter G. Phillips , Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Edwin S. Kneedler , Acting Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for United States.

Paul E. Frye , Lisa M. Enfield , Frye Law Firm, P.C., Albuquerque, NM, Carter G. Phillips , Virginia A. Seitz , Robert A. Parker , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, Louis Denetsosie , Attorney General, The Navajo Nation, Window Rock, AZ, for Respondent.

Edwin S. Kneedler , Deputy Solicitor General, Anthony A. Yang , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Elizabeth A. Peterson , Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for United States.


For over 15 years, the Indian Tribe known as the Navajo Nation has been pursuing a claim for money damages against the Federal Government based on an asserted breach of trust by the Secretary of the Interior in connection with his approval of amendments to a coal lease executed by the Tribe. The...

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