Ramah Navajo Community School v. Navajo Nation

Opinion delivered by

YAZZIE, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises from a 1991 resolution of the Education Committee of the Navajo Nation Council adopting an apportionment plan for school board elections, and a complaint filed on April 28,1992 to challenge the validity of that plan. The original plaintiffs were the Ramah Navajo School Board, Inc., Dibe Yahzi Habitin Olta, Inc. (Borrego Pass Community School), five other community schools, and the Rough Rock Chapter. The only remaining plaintiffs are the Ramah Navajo School Board and Borrego Pass Community School (hereinafter “plaintiff schools”).…