February 20, 2020
President Donald Trump and the federal government have hit tribal and environmental groups with a cross motion for summary judgment in suits claiming that Trump didn't have the constitutional authority to downsize two Utah national monuments.
January 10, 2020
Tribal and environmental groups have asked a D.C. federal court to find that President Donald Trump had no constitutional or statutory authority to shrink two Utah national monuments.
October 01, 2019
A Washington, D.C., federal judge has denied the Trump administration's efforts to sink two lawsuits challenging the president's decision to shrink two national monuments, but she left the door open for the government to try again.
July 19, 2019
Here, Law360 takes a look at some of the biggest environmental cases to watch in the second half of 2019, including U.S. Supreme Court appeals based on Superfund and Clean Water Act issues and a challenge to President Donald Trump's authority to shrink national monuments designed by his predecessor.
April 18, 2019
The federal government continued to argue that the Antiquities Act gives President Trump the power to reduce the size of two national monuments, pushing back in D.C. federal court against opposition raised by amici in support of the tribes and environmental groups challenging the presidential proclamation.
April 16, 2019
A Utah county is withdrawing as an intervenor defendant in suits from environmental groups and Native American tribes challenging President Donald Trump's decision to shrink two national monuments, telling a federal court Tuesday that after recent elections the county commission no longer wants to be involved in the litigation.
March 21, 2019
Efforts of Native American advocacy groups to support challenges to President Donald Trump's decision to shrink two national monuments were halted Wednesday when a D.C federal judge said their proposed amicus brief would not help determine whether the president's decision was authorized by the Antiquities Act.
January 01, 2019
In the new year, Native American law practitioners will be keeping an eye on upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding Washington's ability to tax the Yakama Nation; treaty hunting rights in Wyoming; and the balance of tribal, federal and state criminal jurisdiction in Oklahoma. Here, Law360 takes a look at the cases attorneys who practice Native American law will be watching in the coming year.
January 01, 2019
Law360 takes a look at some of the biggest environmental cases to watch in 2019, including U.S. Supreme Court battles over the Clean Water Act, a Fifth Circuit Endangered Species Act lawsuit and a challenge to President Donald Trump's move to shrink two national monuments.
December 13, 2018
Several hunting groups have urged a D.C. federal court to toss suits by environmental groups and Native American tribes challenging President Donald Trump's decision to shrink the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, saying the litigation is trying to turn the monuments into "de facto national parks."