Legal Opinion
Honyaoma v. Nuvamsa
Hopi Appellate Court
Decided January 28, 2008No. 2007-AC-0005Published
1Opinion of the Court
*322 DECISION AND ORDER
(AMENDED)1
I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
[1] This is an appeal from a final judgment of the Hopi Tribal Court in case number 2007-CV-0068 that was filed on August 27, 2007. Appellants timely filed their notice of appeal on September 14, 2007. This Court has proper jurisdiction to hear this appeal pursuant to Hopi Tribal Ordinance 21, § 1.2.5.
[2] The relevant facts in this case are not disputed. On October 16, 2006, the Hopi Tribal Council removed Ivan Sidney. Sr., from the Office of Chairman of the Hopi Tribe pursuant to Article V, § 2, HOPI CONST. The Tribal Council then…
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