9th Circuit Pauses Oak Flat Land Transfer Pending Appeals

By Crystal Owens · August 19, 2025, 12:58 PM EDT

A Ninth Circuit panel has hit pause on the federal government's scheduled transfer of a centuries-old Indigenous worship site within Arizona's Tonto National Forest to a copper mining company while challenges...

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Case Information

Case Title

Arizona Mining Reform Coalition, et al. v. United States Forest Service, et al.

Case Number

25-5185

Court

Appellate - 9th Circuit

Nature of Suit

Date Filed

August 15, 2025


Case Title

San Carlos Apache Tribe v. United States Forest Service, et al.

Case Number

25-5189

Court

Appellate - 9th Circuit

Nature of Suit

Date Filed

August 15, 2025