Legal Opinion
Navajo Nation v. Intermountain Steel Buildings, Inc.
District Court, D. New Mexico
Decided March 26, 1999No. CIV-98-767-JP LFGPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
PARKER, District Judge.
The issue addressed in this Memorandum Opinion and Order is whether this federal court should exercise jurisdiction or defer to the judicial system of the Navajo Nation under the tribal exhaustion rule and principles of comity. The parties raised this issue by filing on February 4, 1999, a “Joint Motion to Confirm Subject Matter Jurisdiction,” (Doc. No. 16). After thoroughly considering the applicable pleadings, facts, and law, I conclude that the Joint Motion should be denied, this federal court action should be dismissed, and the parties…
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