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Andrew L. Sandler Quoted in New York Times Article "Navajos to Get $554 Million to Settle Suit Against U.S."

Andrew L. Sandler was quoted in Julie Turkewitz's New York Times article "Navajos to Get $554 Million to Settle Suit Against U.S." on September, 24, 2014. 

“When the government negotiated the contracts, they didn’t do a good job in getting a fair market value,” said Andrew Sandler, a lawyer who represents the Navajo Nation. “The government didn’t do a good job in monitoring the extraction to make sure the proper royalties were paid, and the government didn’t do a good job in investing the money.”

The money will be transferred to the tribe within two months, Mr. Sandler said. “Virtually every resource that’s in that part of the country was part of the case,” he said.

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