Legal Opinion
Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe v. Watt
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided December 21, 1981No. CIV 80-464 PCT CLHPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HARDY, District Judge.
Two questions have been presented to the ' Court:
1. Does this Court have subject-matter jurisdiction of an appeal from a ruling of the Interior Board of Indian Appeals (the Board)? It does.
2. Was the Board correct in ruling that a lease of Indian trust lands for business purposes pursuant to 25 U.S.C. § 415 (1976) could not be cancelled without the approval of the Secretary of Interior? 1 It was not.
STATEMENT OF FACTS
In 1969 the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe (the Tribe) 2 , as lessor, and Marlin D. Kuykendall, as lessee, entered into a lease…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Califano v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Andrus v. Charlestone Stone Products Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior v. Norman M. LittellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Whitebird v. Eagle-Picher Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
- Whitebird v. Eagle-Picher CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Oklahoma · 1966
3Cited by2 opinions
- Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe v. WattCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe v. WattCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983