United States v. Navajo Nation (2009)
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United States v. Navajo Nation, 556 U.S. 287 (2009) was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Navajo Nation initiated proceedings in the Court of Federal Claims alleging that when they sought the assistance of the United States Secretary of the Interior to renegotiate their original leasing agreement with the Peabody Coal Company in 1984, a procedural process defined by the 1964 Indian Mineral Leasing Act (IMLA) of 1938, the United States Secretary of the Interior had been improperly influenced by the coal company, and as a result, had breached his fiduciary duty to the Nation when he approved the 1987 lease amendments.
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United States v. Navajo Nation | |
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Argued February 23, 2009 Decided April 6, 2009 | |
Full case name | United States v. Navajo Nation |
Docket no. | 07-1410 |
Citations | 556 U.S. 287 (more) 129 S. Ct. 1547; 173 L. Ed. 2d 429; 2009 U.S. LEXIS 2550 |
Case history | |
Prior | 501 F.3d 1327 (Fed. Cir. 2007); cert. granted, 554 U.S. 944 (2008). |
Subsequent | Remanded, 356 F. App'x 374 (Fed. Cir. 2009); judgment vacated, 631 F.3d 1268 (Fed. Cir. 2011). |
Holding | |
The Navajo Nation's breach of fiduciary duty claim against the Federal Government fails because the Federal Government cannot be sued without its consent. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Scalia, joined by unanimous |
Concurrence | Souter, joined by Stevens |
Laws applied | |
28 U.S.C. § 1505, 25 U.S.C. § 399, 25 U.S.C. § 635(a) |