Legal Opinion
Esther Lee Begay, Etc. v. The Kerr-Mcgee Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 11, 1982No. 80-6059PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
The central issues in this appeal concern federal jurisdiction and choice-of-law under Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 58 S.Ct. 817, 82 L.Ed. 1188 (1938) (Erie). Over 200 disabled Navajo miners and their wives, including thirty-nine surviving widows of deceased miners (the Indians), appeal the district court’s order dismissing their amended complaint. We affirm.
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The Indians claim that during their employment between 1948 and 1966 at uranium mines in the Navajo reservation leased and operated by appellees, Kerr-McGee Corp. and several other mining…
2Cases cited56 opinions
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