Legal Opinion
Gaseoma v. Hopi Tribe
Hopi Appellate Court
Decided March 31, 1997No. Nos. 1469/93, 1470/93, AP-010-93PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On December 14, 1989, Governor Leroy Shingoitewa of the Upper Village of Moen-copi signed an order regarding the inheritance of land by Amy Gasdia. That order was certified by the Hopi Tribal Court on June 11, 1993. The Hopi Constitution, Article III, Section 2(c), vests trial courts with the authority to certify village orders in matters reserved to the villages. Both the village’s order and the trial court’s certifying order found Russell (CR No. 1470/93) and Virginia Gaseoma (CR No. 1469/93), appellants, to be trespassers on Amy Gasdia’s…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. CohenCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1971
3Cited by2 opinions
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