Legal Opinion
Kerr-McGee Corp. v. Farley
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 25, 1997No. 95-2121, 95-2127PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUCERO, Circuit Judge.
This case involves the scope of the tribal exhaustion rule in the context of the Price-Anderson Act. Appellants Kerr-McGee and Cyprus Foote Minerals (collectively “Kerr-McGee”) filed a claim in the District of New Mexico for a declaratory judgment and preliminary injunction, arguing that the Navajo Tribal Court is without jurisdiction to adjudicate nuclear tort claims against Kerr-McGee. Applying the tribal exhaustion rule, the district court denied the injunction and stayed further action in federal court until the tribal court ruled on jurisdiction. Our jurisdiction to…
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