Supreme Court of the United States
United States v. Navajo Nation
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- Type
- Opinion
- Filed
- April 6, 2009
- Case
- United States v. Navajo Nation
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court. For over 15 years, the Indian Tribe known as the Navajo Nation has been pursuing a claim for money damages against the Federal Government based on an asserted breach of trust by the Secretary of the Interior in connection with his approval of amendments to a coal lease executed by the Tribe. The original lease…
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