Kerr-Mcgee Corporation, a Delaware Corporation v. Navajo Tribe of Indians, Kerr-Mcgee Corporation, a Delaware Corporation v. Navajo Tribe of Indians, a Tribe of American Indians Recognized by the United States Department of the Interior

731 F.2d 597 KERR-McGEE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NAVAJO TRIBE OF INDIANS, Defendant-Appellant. KERR-McGEE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NAVAJO TRIBE OF INDIANS, a tribe of American Indians recognized by the United States Department of the Interior, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 82-5725, 82-5736. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued April 15, 1983. Submitted Aug. 22, 1983. Decided April 17, 1984. Alvin H. Shrago, Fred E. Ferguson, Jr., Evans, Kitchel, Jenckes, P.C., Phoenix, Ariz., for Kerr-McGee. Carol E. Dinkins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dirk D. Snel, Kay L. Richman, Attys., Dept. of Justice, David Etheridge, Atty., Dept. of Interior, Washington, D.C., for amicus U.S. George P. Vlassis, Katherine Ott, Vlassis & Ott, Phoenix, Ariz., for Navajo Tribe of Indians. On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before MERRILL, SKOPIL and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges. MERRILL, Circuit Judge. 1 Kerr-McGee Corporation is a Delaware corporation engaged in business in New Mexico and Arizona. The Navajo Tribe of Indians is a tribe of American Indians situated upon a reservation…