Peabody Western Coal Co. v. Navajo Nation Labor Commission

Opinion delivered by

YAZZIE, Chief Justice.

This case involves a Petition for a Writ of Prohibition by Peabody Western Coal Company (“Peabody”) to prevent the Navajo Nation Labor Commission (“Commission”) from adjudicating a Complaint filed by a former employee of Peabody, Edward Silverhatband (“Silverhatband”). A Writ of Prohibition is an original action in this Court and it “is appropriately issued where the trial court [or quasi-judicial agency] is proceeding without or in excess of its jurisdiction ... and petitioner has no plain, speedy and adequate remedy at law.” Yellowhorse Inc. v.…