Legal Opinion
National Indian Youth Council v. Andrus
District Court, D. New Mexico
Decided August 22, 1980No. 78-0586CPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
CAMPOS, District Judge.
This litigation ensues from a surface mining (strip mining) project proposed for a tract in northwestern New Mexico on the Navajo Reservation. Plaintiffs consist of the National Indian Youth Council (NIYC), a nonprofit organization headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which characterizes its purpose as “preserving and protecting the traditional life-styles of Native American people”; 1 and twelve individual members of the Navajo Tribe residing on the Reservation at Burnham, New Mexico.
Federal Defendants are officials of the United States…
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