Thinn v. Navajo Generating Station

OPINION

This case concerns whether the Navajo Nation Labor Commission (Commission) has jurisdiction to hear complaints by employees at the Navajo Generating Station (Station), which operates on the Navajo Nation (Nation) pursuant to a lease. The Court holds that there is jurisdiction, vacates the decisions of the Commission, and remands for further proceedings.

I

The relevant facts are as follows. Appellant Leonard Thinn (Thinn) was an employee of Appellee Station. Appellant Sarah Gonnie (Gonnie) was an employee of Appellee Headwaters Resources, a company doing contract work at the Station. Both…