Tuba City Judicial District v. Sloan

Opinion delivered by

SLOAN, Associate Justice.

The Tuba City Judicial District (“District”) appeals from a decision of the Navajo Nation Labor Commission ("Commission”), which found the District liable for violations of the Navajo Preference in Employment Act (“NPEA”) for its removal of Cecelia Sloan (“Sloan”) from her position as Managing Probation Officer.

At the request of the District, we bifurcated this appeal. In this opinion we address whether the Commission’s exercise of personal jurisdiction over the District and its exercise of subject matter jurisdiction over Sloan’s labor complaint…