Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter
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Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter, 567 U.S. 182 (2012), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the United States government, when it enters into a contract with a Native American Indian tribe for services, must pay contracts in full, even if Congress has not appropriated enough money to pay all tribal contractors.[1] The case was litigated over a period of 22 years, beginning in 1990, until it was decided in 2012.
Quick Facts Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter, Argued April 18, 2012 Decided June 18, 2012 ...
Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter | |
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Argued April 18, 2012 Decided June 18, 2012 | |
Full case name | Ken L. Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, et al. v. Ramah Navajo Chapter, et al. |
Docket no. | 11-551 |
Citations | 567 U.S. 182 (more) 132 S. Ct. 2181; 183 L. Ed. 2d 186; 2012 U.S. LEXIS 4656; 80 U.S.L.W. 4475; 23 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 386; 2012 WL 2196799 |
Case history | |
Prior | Ramah Navajo Chapter v. Lujan, 112 F.3d 1455 (10th Cir. 1997); Ramah Navajo Chapter v. Babbitt, 50 F. Supp. 2d 1091 (D.N.M. 1999); Ramah Navajo Chapter v. Norton, 250 F. Supp. 2d 1303 (D.N.M. 2002); Ramah Navajo Chapter v. Salazar, 644 F.3d 1054 (10th Cir. 2011) |
Holding | |
The United States government, when it enters into a contract with a Native American Indian tribe for services, must pay contracts in full so long as funds are available, regardless of whether sufficient funds are available to pay all such contracts. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Sotomayor, joined by Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Kagan |
Dissent | Roberts, joined by Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito |
Laws applied | |
25 U.S.C. §§ 450j–450l |
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