United States v. Navajo Nation

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• holding that to invoke the Court's jurisdiction under the Indian Tucker Act, a plaintiff must \identify a substantive source of law that establishes specific fiduciary or other duties\
• holding that the Navajo-Hopi Rehabilitation Act of 1950 and Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 do not provide a cause of action to the Navajo Nation against the United States for breach of trust in its approval of coal mining leases
• explaining that Navajo Nation I foreclosed application of the network theory where the statutes comprising the network only created an implied duty
• explaining that Navajo Nation I foreclosed application of the network theory where the statutes comprising the network only created an implied duty
• explaining that Navajo Nation I foreclosed application of the network theory where the statutes comprising the network only created an implied duty
• stating that the school system and her parents converted her to honor the U.S. Constitution

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