Legal Opinion
Tempest Recovery Services, Inc. v. Belone
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided June 10, 2003No. 27,749PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EDWARD L. CHÁVEZ, Justice.
{1} Plaintiff-Appellee Tempest Recovery Services, Inc. (Tempest) repossessed Defendant-Appellant Leonard Belone’s (Belone) vehicle from his residence outside the Navajo Nation reservation boundaries on allotted Indian land in McKinley County, New Mexico. The principal question presented to this Court is whether the tribal court civil jurisdiction of the Navajo Nation extends beyond reservation boundaries to allotted Indian lands. In General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Chischilly, 96 N.M. 113, 115, 628 P.2d 683, 685 (1981), this Court held that the territorial…
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