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Title: United States v. Navajo Nation
Author : United States Supreme Court
Release Date : January 04, 2003
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 91 KB

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On Writ Of Certiorari To The United States Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit This case concerns the Indian Mineral Leasing Act of 1938 (IMLA), 52 Stat. 347, 25 U. S. C. §396a et seq., and the role it assigns to the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) with respect to coal leases executed by an Indian Tribe and a private lessee. The controversy centers on 1987 amendments to a 1964 coal lease entered into by the predecessor of Peabody Coal Company (Peabody) and the Navajo Nation (Tribe), a federally recognized Indian Tribe. The Tribe seeks to recover money damages from the United States for an alleged breach of trust in connection with the Secretary's approval of coal lease amendments negotiated by the Tribe and Peabody. This Court's decisions in United States v. Mitchell, 445 U. S. 535 (1980) (Mitchell I), and United States v. Mitchell, 463 U. S. 206 (1983) (Mitchell II), control this case. Concluding that the controversy here falls within Mitchell I's domain, we hold that the Tribe's claim for compensation from the Federal Government fails, for it does not derive from any liability- imposing provision of the IMLA or its implementing regulations. I.

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