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White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Industrial Commission

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided February 21, 1985No. 1 CA-IC 3160PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JACOBSON, Chief Judge.

The sole issue raised in this review is whether the Industrial Commission of Arizona has jurisdiction to adjudicate the rights of an injured Indian worker, where the injury occurs on an Indian reservation and the employer is a wholly-owned entity of an Indian tribe.

The facts are not in dispute. The claimant, Dernie Bead, is an enrolled member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe and resides on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation located in northeastern Arizona. On December 3, 1979, he suffered an industrially-related crush injury to his left hand while employed by…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Santa Clara Pueblo v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Williams v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  3. McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. White Mountain Apache Tribe v. BrackerSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Mescalero Apache Tribe v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Auxier v. Woodward State Hospital-SchoolSupreme Court of Iowa · 1978
  2. Tibbetts v. Leech Lake Reservation Business CommitteeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
  3. Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.California Court of Appeal · 1998
  4. State Ex Rel. Workforce Safety & Insurance v. Jfk RainguttersNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2007
  5. Porteadores Del Noroeste S.A. De, C.V. v. Industrial CommissionCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2014

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