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SALAZAR v. RAMAH NAVAJO CHAPTER

No. 11-551.

132 S.Ct. 2181 (2012)

183 L.Ed.2d 186

Ken L. SALAZAR, Secretary of the Interior, et al., Petitioners v. RAMAH NAVAJO CHAPTER et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 18, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark R. Freeman , for Petitioners.

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

Carter G. Phillips , Jonathan F. Cohn , Matthew D. Krueger , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, C. Bryant Rogers , VanAmberg, Rogers, Yepa, Abeita & Gomez, LLP, Santa Fe, NM, Michael P. Gross , Counsel of Record, M.P. Gross Law Firm, PC, Santa Fe, NM, Lloyd B. Miller , Donald J. Simon , Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Daniel H. MacMeekin , Dan MacMeekin , Attorney at Law, Washington, DC, Of Counsel, for Respondents.

Patrice H. Kunesh , Deputy Solicitor-Indian Affairs, Michael J. Berrigan , Associate Solicitor, Jeffrey C. Nelson , Assistant Solicitor, Sabrina A. McCarthy , Attorney Advisor, Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Edwin S. Kneedler , Deputy Solicitor General, Mark R. Freeman , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Barbara C. Biddle , John S. Koppel , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Petitioners.

Justice SOTOMAYOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDA), 25 U.S.C. § 450 et seq., directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts with willing tribes, pursuant to which those tribes will provide services such as education and law enforcement that otherwise would have been provided by the Federal Government. ISDA mandates that the Secretary shall pay the full amount of "contract...

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