Legal Opinion
EXC, Inc. v. Kayenta District Court
Navajo Nation Supreme Court
Decided September 15, 2010No. SC-CV-07-10PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Petitioners seek a writ of prohibition preventing Respondent, the Kayenta District Court, from exercising jurisdiction over claims in negligence filed against Petitioners arising from a motor vehicle accident occurring within the Navajo Nation on U.S. Highway 160 west of the Township of Kayenta, Arizona. Petitioners are nonmembers of the Navajo Nation. Fatalities resulting from the accident were a Navajo man and unborn fetus. The Kayenta court has refused to dismiss the claims upon Petitioners’ motion, finding jurisdiction under Article II of the Navajo Treaty of 1868, the Reserved…
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