Ford Motor Company v. Joe R. Todecheene, as the Surviving Natural Parent of Esther Todecheene, Deceased Mary Todecheene, as the Surviving Natural Parent of Esther Todecheene, Deceased, and Navajo Nation District Court Leroy S. Bedonie, the Honorable, Ford Motor Company v. Joe R. Todecheene, as the Surviving Natural Parent of Esther Todecheene, Deceased Mary Todecheene, as the Surviving Natural Parent of Esther Todecheene, Deceased, and Navajo Nation District Court Leroy S. Bedonie, the Honorable

394 F.3d 1170 FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joe R. TODECHEENE, as the surviving natural parent of Esther Todecheene, deceased; Mary Todecheene, as the surviving natural parent of Esther Todecheene, deceased, Defendants-Appellants, and Navajo Nation District Court; Leroy S. Bedonie, The Honorable, Defendants. Ford Motor Company, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joe R. Todecheene, as the surviving natural parent of Esther Todecheene, deceased; Mary Todecheene, as the surviving natural parent of Esther Todecheene, deceased, Defendants, and Navajo Nation District Court; Leroy S. Bedonie, The Honorable, Defendants-Appellants. No. 02-17048. No. 02-17165. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 7, 2003. Filed January 11, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Edward D. Fitzhugh, Tempe, AZ, for defendants-appellants Joe R. and Mary Todecheene. Luralene D. Tapahe, Staff Attorney, Navajo Nation Department of Justice, Window Rock, Navajo Nation, AZ, for defendants-appellants Navajo Nation District Courts. Richard A. Derevan, Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P., Irvine, CA, for plaintiff-appellee Ford Motor Company. Appeal from the United States District Court for the…