Legal Opinion
Masayesva v. Zah
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided March 11, 1992No. CIV 74-842 PCT EHCPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Re: Allotments for which patents did not issue
CARROLL, District Judge.
Defendant Peterson Zah, on behalf of the Navajo Nation, 1 moves for partial summary judgment, requesting that this Court find that the Hopi Tribe and San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe (“the Paiutes” or “Paiute Tribe”) do not have a claim to lands in the 1934 Navajo Reservation (“the Reservation”) which were allotted to individual Navajos, but for which patents did not issue. This is one of a number of motions for partial summary judgment by the Navajo Nation seeking to exclude certain categories of land from the…
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