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NAVAJO NATION v. INTERMOUNTAIN STEEL BLDGS., INC.

No. CIV-98-767-JP LFG.

42 F.Supp.2d 1222 (1999)

NAVAJO NATION, Navajo Agricultural Products Industries, and Allianz Insurance Company, Plaintiffs, v. INTERMOUNTAIN STEEL BUILDINGS, INC., Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff, v. JACOBSON STEEL & ERECTORS, INC., Third Party Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Mexico.

March 26, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Harbour, Madison, Harbour, Mroz & Brennan, PA, Albuquerque, NM, Todd B. Denenberg, Michele A. Chapnick, Grotefeld & Denenberg, PC, Southfield, MI, for Navajo Nation, the, Navajo Agricultural Products Industries, Allianz Insurance Company, plaintiffs.

Peter H. Pierotti, Michael A. Gross, Dines, Gross & Esquivel, Albuquerque, NM, for Intermountain Builders, Inc., Intermountain Steel Builders, Inc., defendants.

Stanley N. Hatch, Daniel W. Lewis, Hatch, Allen & Shepherd, Albuquerque, NM, for Jacobson Steel & Erectors, Inc., third-party defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PARKER, District Judge.

The issue addressed in this Memorandum Opinion and Order is whether this federal court should exercise jurisdiction or defer to the judicial system of the Navajo Nation under the tribal exhaustion rule and principles of comity. The parties raised this issue by filing on February 4, 1999, a "Joint Motion to Confirm Subject Matter Jurisdiction," (Doc. No. 16). After thoroughly considering the applicable...

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