Navajo Supreme Court Decides Navajo Sovereign Immunity Act Case

The caption is Begay v. Navajo Engineering & Construction Authority and the Navajo Nation. The opinion is here.

Here is the court’s summary:

In this appeal of a district court’s dismissal of a tort action for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, the Court affirms the dismissal on jurisdictional grounds and emphasizes that trial courts must first find jurisdiction before making substantive rulings.