Legal Opinion
Navajo Nation v. San Juan County
District Court, D. Utah
Decided February 19, 2016No. Case No. 2:12-cv-00039-RJS-DPBPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER
ROBERT J. SHELBY, United States District Judge
This case is about voting rights and the election districts in San Juan County, Utah. Plaintiffs are Navajo Nation — a federally recognized Indian tribe — and several individual Tribe members.1 Navajo Nation sued the County shortly after the County Commission redistricted in 2011, and directs two of its four claims for relief to the County’s three Commission election districts.2 Navajo Nation alleges in its first *1165claim for relief that the County Commission’s 2011 redistricting and its present three districts violate…
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