Case Name: Vernon MASAYESVA, Chairman of the Hopi Tribal Council of the Hopi Indian Tribe, for and on behalf of the Hopi Indian Tribe, Plaintiff, v. Peterson ZAH, Chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council of the Navajo Indian Tribe, for and on behalf of the Navajo Indian Tribe, Defendant, v. Evelyn JAMES, et al., Intervenors
Court: United States District Court for the District of Arizona
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1992-03-12
Citations: 792 F. Supp. 1165
Docket Number: No. CIV 74-842 PCT EHC
Parties: Vernon MASAYESVA, Chairman of the Hopi Tribal Council of the Hopi Indian Tribe, for and on behalf of the Hopi Indian Tribe, Plaintiff, v. Peterson ZAH, Chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council of the Navajo Indian Tribe, for and on behalf of the Navajo Indian Tribe, Defendant, v. Evelyn JAMES, et al., Intervenors.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Supplement
Volume: 792
Pages: 1165–1165

Head Matter:
Vernon MASAYESVA, Chairman of the Hopi Tribal Council of the Hopi Indian Tribe, for and on behalf of the Hopi Indian Tribe, Plaintiff, v. Peterson ZAH, Chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council of the Navajo Indian Tribe, for and on behalf of the Navajo Indian Tribe, Defendant, v. Evelyn JAMES, et al., Intervenors.
No. CIV 74-842 PCT EHC.
United States District Court, D. Arizona.
March 12, 1992.
James E. Scarboro, David C. Warren, Richard P. Barkley, Arnold & Porter, Denver, Colo., for plaintiff.
Terry E. Fenzl, Amy J. Gittler, Brown & Bain, P.A., Phoenix, Ariz., for defendant.
K. Jerome Gottschalk, Robert M. Pere-goy, Edgar T. Bristow, Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, Colo., for inter-venors.

Opinion:
ORDER
CARROLL, District Judge.
The Navajo Nation filed a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment as to parcels which had been allotted and patents issued to individual Indians; the Hopi Tribe cross-motioned, asserting that additional allotments had been patented. The parties agreed that these parcels were excluded from the scope of this litigation. 25 U.S.C. § 640d-16(a) specifically exempts patented allotments:
[Njothing in this Act shall affect the title, possession, and enjoyment of lands heretofore allotted to Hopi and Navajo individuals for which patents have been issued.
The Navajo Nation thus submitted a proposed order for partial judgment, attaching the numerous allotments for which patents had issued; the Hopi Tribe did not file any objections.
Although the Court will not enter final judgment as to the excluded lands at this time, partial summary judgment will be granted to both the Navajo and Hopi Tribes.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED granting the Navajo Motion for Partial Summary Judgment as to patented allotments (document # 545).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED granting the Hopi Cross-Motion for Partial Summary Judgment as to patented allotments (document # 614).
. The Navajo Nation recently filed a Motion for Final Judgment as to the excluded lands; this motion is still under consideration.