April 09, 2024
A New Mexico federal judge has stayed litigation in the Navajo Nation's remaining claims against a Gold King Mine operator stemming from a hazardous waste spill that spurred nearly a decade of litigation after the parties said they reached a settlement in principle.
February 05, 2024
A contractor for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency can ditch negligence claims brought by the Navajo Nation over its work on a gold mine that spewed 3 million gallons of contaminants in 2015, a New Mexico federal judge ruled on Monday.
August 04, 2023
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contractor who worked on the Gold King Mine that spewed 3 million gallons of contaminants in 2015 can't double-dip its already rejected argument that the Navajo Nation's damages claims stemming from the spill are covered by an environmental Superfund law, the Nation told a New Mexico federal judge.
June 29, 2023
A federal contractor wants a judge to dismiss a Navajo Nation claim for $81 million in tort damages stemming from a 2015 gold mine spill in Colorado, saying an environmental Superfund law provides redress the tribe seeks.
April 21, 2023
The Navajo Nation's tort damage claims against federal contractors for their alleged role in the 2015 Gold King Mine blowout don't include physical repair of the affected river or land, a New Mexico federal judge has ruled, ordering the tribe to identify the legal theories grounding its request for $81 million in restorative damages.
October 17, 2022
Federal officials say they have reached agreements to resolve claims against the Environmental Protection Agency stemming from a 2015 gold mine blowout in Colorado, asking a judge to pause the long-running litigation while they conclude the last of their settlement deals.
September 22, 2022
A New Mexico federal judge has shot down contractor Harrison Western Construction Corp.'s request to be let out of a lawsuit from Navajo farmers over the 2015 Gold King Mine spill, rejecting the Colorado-based company's assertion that the court lacks jurisdiction.
May 06, 2021
The Navajo Nation and the state of New Mexico have urged a federal judge to sanction the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on allegations the agency concealed and destroyed irreplaceable evidence related to the 2015 Gold King Mine wastewater spill.
April 30, 2021
A New Mexico federal judge let a gold mining company out of Navajo Nation members' litigation stemming from the 2015 Gold King Mine spill, finding that the company and the Colorado mine do not have minimum contacts with New Mexico to establish specific jurisdiction for the claims.
March 27, 2019
A New Mexico federal judge said a mine owner and its affiliated businesses must face claims brought in multidistrict litigation over the 2015 spill of 3 million gallons of contaminated mine water from the Gold King Mine in Colorado.