El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. Neztsosie

ELR Citation: ELR 20550
No(s). 96-17121, -17139 (9th Cir. Feb 11, 1998)

The court holds that the Price-Anderson Act does not expressly prohibit the Navajo tribal court from determining its jurisdiction over tribal members' personal injury and wrongful death claims arising from uranium mining activities on the Navajo Nation Reservation. The court first holds that defenda...