Legal Opinion
MacArthur v. San Juan County
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 18, 2007No. 05-4295, 05-4310PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs in this case seek enforcement of several preliminary injunction orders issued by a court of the Navajo Nation. Although the decision to enforce a non-final tribal court judgment is a matter of discretion, federal courts will ordinarily err on the side of enforcement of such judgments in the name of comity. We will not enforce a tribal court judgment, however, when the tribal court lacked subject matter jurisdiction. In the realm of tribal court jurisdiction, the regulatory authority of the tribe is often the issue which looms largest, and this case is no…
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