Ninth Circuit Holds Strate Governs Navajo Civil Jurisdiction over Nonmembers on State Highways

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Here is the unpublished memorandum. An excerpt: Appellants conceded at oral argument that the Navajo Nation has not retained the right to exclude nonmembers on U.S. Highway 160. Consequently, the highway is the equivalent of non-Indian fee land for jurisdictional … Continue reading →read more

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