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June 28, 2021
Feds Say Tribe Members' Claims Over Highway Widening Fail
Federal officials are urging the Ninth Circuit to reject an appeal brought by members of Oregon tribes who sued the government after a sacred site was destroyed to make room for a highway.
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February 22, 2021
Tribe Members' Ore. Highway Suit Too Late, Judge Says
An Oregon federal judge has thrown out a challenge by tribal members and others against a completed highway widening project, agreeing with recommendations from a magistrate judge that the claims fail because the issues were not raised early enough.
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March 11, 2019
Feds Seek End To Highway Suit From Tribe Members, Enviros
The U.S. government urged an Oregon federal judge to grant it a quick win in a suit by tribal members and others challenging a federal highway project, saying their claims were waived because they weren't brought up in the project's approval process and that the highway expansion didn't violate federal law.
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June 12, 2018
Denial Of Tribes' Religious Claim Upheld In Ore. Highway Suit
An Oregon federal court has partially adopted a magistrate judge's determination on tribes' claim that a federal highway project violated their ability to exercise their religion by damaging a sacred site, finding they have not established a substantial burden to warrant claims under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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March 06, 2018
Tribes' Religious Claims Fail In Ore. Highway Project Suit
An Oregon magistrate judge recommended the dismissal of a claim by tribal members against the federal government alleging that a highway project that allegedly destroyed a sacred area violated the tribes' ability to exercise their religion, finding that the construction was not a "substantial burden" on their religious beliefs.