Legal Opinion
Masayesva v. Zah
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided March 13, 1992No. CIV 74-842 PCT EHCPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
RE: SCHOOL LANDS
CARROLL, District Judge.
Defendant Peterson Zah, on behalf of the Navajo Nation, 1 moves for partial summary judgment, requesting that this Court find that the Hopi Tribe and San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe (“the Paiutes” or “Paiute Tribe”) do not have a claim to lands designated to the State of Arizona “for the support of common schools” in the Arizona Enabling Act. This is one of a number of motions for partial summary judgment by the Navajo Nation seeking to exclude certain categories of land from the adjudication of Hopi and Paiute interests in the 1934 Navajo…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Masayesva v. ZahCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Barnes v. BabbittDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 2004
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