Legal Opinion
Espil v. Sells
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided March 30, 1994No. Civ. 92-1795 PCT PGRPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ROSENBLATT, District Judge.
I. BACKGROUND:
This action was brought to enjoin the enforcement of a Navajo tribal court judgment. The plaintiffs, the defendants in the tribal court and now the judgment debtors, asserts that the Navajo, courts did not and do not have subject matter jurisdiction over the controversy.
The events giving rise to the dispute began in early 1985. At that time, Louis and Peter Espil (the Espils) were the sole shareholders in the Espil Sheep company, an Arizona corporation. The company owned the Peaks Ranch, located near the San Francisco Peaks and…
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