Legal Opinion
Sekaquaptewa v. MacDonald
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 23, 1980No. Nos. 78-3504, 78-3505PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SKOPIL, Circuit Judge:
These are interlocutory cross-appeals from a partial summary judgment in a quiet title action. The action was brought to determine the respective property interests of the Navajo and Hopi tribes in the reservation withdrawn by the act of June 14, 1934, 48 Stat. 960 (hereafter “the 1934 Act”). We are also asked to decide whether the district court had jurisdiction over the Hopi claim for an accounting for all Navajo activities on land in which the Hopi Tribe has an interest. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
The Hopis have inhabited the area in controversy “[a]s far…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- United States v. SandovalSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by14 opinions
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