Navajo Tribe of Indians v. United States

This case is before the court on the government’s request for review of two orders of Trial *120Judge C. Murray Bernhardt, dated March 22, 1978 and May 3, 1978, granting rehearing of an order of the Indian Claims Commission that limited the claim the plaintiff Indian tribe could present in this case. After considering the briefs, which include filings by amici curiae, but without oral argument, we affirm those orders of the trial judge.

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On August 8, 1951, the Navajo Tribe filed a timely petition with the Indian Claims Commission seeking compensation under section 2 of the Indian Claims Commission…