Legal Opinion
National Indian Youth Council v. Watt
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 12, 1981No. 80-2097PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal challenges the district court’s action sustaining the approval by the Interior Department of a lease and plan for a surface mining, coal operation on the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico. The complaint alleges that the Department violated various federal statutes in granting its approval. The case was here earlier on appeal from the district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction. We affirmed and remanded for trial on the merits. National Indian Youth Council v. Andrus, 10 Cir., 623 F.2d 694. After trial the district court made comprehensive…
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