Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit May 21, 1999, No. 98-15163 (Blunk v. Arizona Deparment of Transportation)

lead-opinion

Opinion by Judge DAVID R. THOMPSON; Concurrence by Judge FLETCHER.

DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:

James V. Blunk challenges the right of the State of Arizona to regulate his commercial use of non-reservation fee land owned by the Navajo Nation. Blunk, a non-Indian, leased the land from the Navajo Nation and obtained a permit from the Navajo Nation to erect billboards on the land.