HRI, Inc. v. EPA — Dependent Indian Community Determination

A split panel of the Tenth Circuit concluded that the EPA was within its authority to find that a checkerboarded area of northwestern New Mexico was Indian Country for Safe Drinking Water Act purposes. Here is the opinion.

Here are just some of the many briefs filed in this case (I think I got all the important ones):

hri-appellant-brief

national-mining-assoc-amicus-brief

new-mexico-amicus-brief

navajo-nation-intervenor-brief

epa-brief

hri-reply-brief

interior-land-status-determination