BLACK ROCK CITY LLC v. BERNHARDT et al

  1. April 09, 2021

    Feds Defend $2.9M Fees In Burning Man Permit Row

    The U.S. government said Friday that an effort by the organizers of the annual Burning Man festival to get a refund from the government over $2.9 million worth of permit costs is conceptually flawed and should be dismissed by the court.

  2. February 22, 2021

    Burning Man Says Feds Can't Prove $2.9M Fees 'Reasonable'

    The organizer of Burning Man, the massive annual gathering in Nevada, told a federal judge that the Bureau of Land Management charges planners too much for the event's costs and can't justify expenses totaling roughly $2.9 million for a single year.

  3. December 16, 2019

    Burning Man Says It May Flame Out Over Permit Headaches

    The organizer of Burning Man, the gathering that transforms a section of Nevada's desert into a colorful community of tens of thousands, has said in a new lawsuit that the Bureau of Land Management is threatening the event with unreasonable delays and excessively high annual fees of nearly $3 million.