United States Ninth Circuit
KRYSTAL ENERGY CO. v. NAVAJO NATION, 02-17047
Because Indian tribes are domestic governments, their sovereign immunity is congressionally abrogated by Bankruptcy Code sections 106(a) and 101(27).
Appellate Information
- Argued 12/01/2003
- Decided 02/10/2004
- Published 02/10/2004
Judges
- BERZON, Circuit Judge:, Before LEAVY, PAEZ, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- J. Kent MacKinlay,Warnock, MacKinlay & Associates, Mesa, Arizona, for the plaintiff-appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Marcelino R. Gomez, Navajo Nation Department of Justice, Window Rock, Navajo Nation (Arizona), for the defendant-appellee.