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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.
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