Legal Opinion
Herbert Charles Blatchford, Jr. v. George Sullivan, Warden, and Attorney General, State of New Mexico
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 30, 1990No. 87-1547PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
This case is a companion case to Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co. v. Yazzie, 909 F.2d 1387 (10th Cir.1990). Although Pittsburg & Midway is a civil case and this one a criminal case, both raise the same legal issue, i.e., whether 1.9 million acres in northwest New Mexico remain part of the Navajo Reservation by virtue of two Executive Orders issued in 1907 and 1908. Oral arguments in the two cases were consolidated, and the extensive documentary records were read side by side. We today decide in Pittsburg & Midway that the area in New Mexico set aside by…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- United States v. SandovalSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- United States v. Anthony Damian AzureCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- United States v. JohnSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. McGowanSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- United States v. Gilbert George MartineCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co. v. WatchmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
- Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company v. Kee Ike Yazzie, Roselyn D. John, Romero Brown, Lewis Calamity, Peter J. Korth, and David C. BruntCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- Ross v. NeffCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island v. Narragansett Electric Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- Ross v. NeffCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
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