Tribal Amicus Briefs Supporting Cert Petition in Oak Flat Case

Here:

Cert petition here.

Apache Stronghold v. United States Cert Petition

Here:

Lower court materials here.

Ninth Circuit Rejects Full En Banc Petition in Oak Flat Case

Here is the amended opinion and the order denying en banc review before the full court.

Panel decision and briefs here.

Ka’ila Ferrell Smith

San Carlos Apache Tribe Submission re: Oak Flat to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Here:

Ninth Circuit Rejects Native Religious Claims in Oak Flat Land Swap Dispute

Here is the opinion in Apache Stronghold v. United States.

Links to briefs and other materials here.

Ninth Circuit En Banc Oral Argument in Apache Stronghold v. United States

Briefs here.

En banc stage amicus briefs here.

Amicus Briefs in the Ninth Circuit En Banc Stage of Apache Stronghold v. United States

Here is the fantastic amicus brief on behalf of tribes and tribal orgs written by April Youpee-Roll at Munger and Jason Searle and Beth Wright at NARF:

Here are the other briefs:

Mennonite Amicus Brief

Mormon Church Amicus Brief

Protect the First Amicus Brief

Religious Liberty Scholars Amicus Briefs

Sikh Amicus Brief

Prior post here.

Split Ninth Circuit Panel Allows Oak Flat Mining to Proceed

Here is the opinion in Apache Stronghold v. United States.

Briefs here.

Ninth Circuit Oral Argument in Oak Flat Case

Briefs are here.

Oak Flat update

Arizona Republic: New estimate of Oak Flat mine’s water consumption fuels opposition as lawsuit, legislation advance

Diagram from The Proposed Resolution Copper Mine and Arizona’s Water Future, a report by James Wells, PhD, PG, L. Everett & Associates, Environmental Consultants, Sept. 2021