United States Ninth Circuit
NAVAJO NATION v. DEP'T OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVS., 99-16129
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families welfare grant program is not a contractible program under the self-determination provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.
Appellate Information
- Argued Array
- Decided 04/08/2003
- Published 04/08/2003
Judges
- Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, B. FLETCHER, TROTT, RYMER, THOMAS, GRABER, McKEOWN, McLANE WARDLAW, GOULD, BERZON, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Thomas W. Christie, Navajo Nation Department of Justice, Window Rock, Navajo Nation, AZ, for the plaintiff-appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Barbara C. Biddle, John S. Koppel, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for the defendant-appellee.