ELR Citation: ELR 20542
No(s). 94-17125 (9th Cir. Nov 22, 1996)

The court holds that the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe are necessary and indispensable parties to a Nation member's suit against the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) challenging a modification to a mining permit condition the Nation and Tribe negotiated with the OSM and ...