Manygoats v. Cameron Trading Post

Opinion delivered by

YAZZIE, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from a final order of the Navajo Nation Labor Commission (“Commission”), which found that Atkinson Trading Company (“Atkinson’), doing business as the Cameron Trading Post (“Trading Post”), discharged Lita Manygoats (“Manygoats”) from her employment as a seasonal clerk and cashier in violation of the Navajo Preference in Employment Act (“NPEA”). Atkinson has three claims: First, that the Commission misapplied the NPEA by finding that the Trading Post did not have just cause for the termination, misapplied the statutory requirement…