Arizona Federal Judge: Telecom Company Is Not An Arm Of The Navajo Nation

(July 10, 2023, 1:25 PM EDT) -- PHOENIX — A telecommunications company, one of its managers and his wife are not entitled to tribal sovereign immunity against claims that the manager made unwelcome suggestive comments and physical contact to another employee at a work dinner because the factors of the “arm of the tribe” test weigh against immunity for the company, an Arizona federal judge found in denying the defendants’ motion to dismiss....