February 06, 2017
The Tenth Circuit on Friday declined a New Mexico county's request for an en banc hearing to reconsider a panel's decision that it can't attempt to reduce fire hazards in national forests without the approval of the U.S. Forest Service.
December 08, 2016
The Tenth Circuit on Thursday ruled that a New Mexico county can't mitigate fire danger in a national forest without the approval of the U.S. Forest Service, writing in a published opinion that the federal government's constitutional authority over federal land trumps state and county laws.