March 11, 2024
The Navajo Nation urged a D.C. federal judge to grant it a quick win in its challenge to allegedly inadequate judicial funding, saying the federal government's arguments for why it shouldn't recoup a $15 million interest shortfall can't survive scrutiny under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.
November 20, 2023
The Navajo Nation is asking a D.C. federal judge for a quick win in its challenge to the federal government over inadequate judicial funding, saying it's entitled to recoup a $15 million shortfall for this year, interest on millions in damages in related cases and a recalculation of past funding increases.
October 03, 2023
The Navajo Nation and the U.S. Department of the Interior are asking the D.C. Circuit Court to allow motions hearings to go forward in a $15 million breach of trust suit that is currently stayed over judicial funding, saying despite good faith efforts, they have been unable to resolve their remaining differences.
August 24, 2023
A D.C. judge has granted the Navajo Nation and the U.S. Department of the Interior a 45-day stay in the latest of many breach of contract suits over tribal judicial branch funding, which claim the agency owes $15 million on an annual funding agreement.
January 05, 2023
The Navajo Nation on Thursday filed another federal breach of contract case against the U.S. Department of the Interior over funding for its judicial branch, the latest lawsuit in an ongoing battle against the agency over tens of millions of dollars the tribe says it has been shortchanged.
March 21, 2022
The Navajo Nation on Monday won more than $31 million in litigation seeking judicial system funding, but the D.C. federal court also dismissed a slew of the consolidated suits.
September 11, 2020
The U.S. Department of the Interior asked a D.C. federal judge to toss six suits by the Navajo Nation seeking more than $100 million in judicial system funding, saying one successful suit doesn't mean the rest should follow in its footsteps.
August 07, 2020
The Navajo Nation on Thursday sought a win in six consolidated cases against the federal government, alleging that the Department of the Interior improperly denied its funding requests for the tribe's judicial branch between 2015 and 2020.
March 15, 2016
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday agreed to pause a nearly $16 million suit brought by the Navajo Nation against the government over allegations that the Department of the Interior improperly denied most of a funding request for the tribal judicial system's 2015 expenses while the parties resolve similar allegations over 2014 expenses.
January 05, 2016
The Navajo Nation hit the government with a nearly $16 million complaint in D.C. federal court Tuesday, claiming the Department of the Interior improperly denied most of a funding request for the 2015 expenses of a tribal judicial system.