SEKAQUAPTEWA v. MacDONALD

626 F.2d 113 Abbott SEKAQUAPTEWA, Chairman of the Hopi Tribal Council of the Hopi Indian Tribe, for and on behalf of the Hopi Indian Tribe, Including all Villages and Clans thereof, and on behalf of any and all Hopi Indians claiming any interest in the lands described in the executive order dated December 16, 1882, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Peter MacDONALD, Chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council of the Navajo Indian Tribe, for and on behalf of the Navajo Indian Tribe, Including all Villages and Clans thereof, and on behalf of any and all Navajo Indians claiming any interest in the lands described in the executive order dated December 16, 1882, Defendant- Appellant, Benjamin R. Civiletti, Attorney General of the United States, on behalf of the United States, Defendant-Appellee. No. 79-3339. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 11, 1980. Decided Aug. 21, 1980. Belinda K. Barrington, Phoenix, Ariz., on brief, for defendant-appellant. John S. Boyden, Scott C. Pugsley, Salt Lake City, Utah, on brief; John Paul Kennedy, Salt Lake City, Utah, for plaintiff-appellee. On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before…