Bartell Ranch LLC et al v. McCullough et al
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3:21-cv-00080
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Firms
- Carollo Law Group
- Holland & Hart
- Kaempfer Crowell
- Kemp Jones
- Oldenburg Law Office
- Rey-Bear McLaughlin
Government Agencies
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February 24, 2023
Judge Denies Bids To Halt Lithium Mine In Nevada
A Nevada federal judge has rejected bids by several environmental groups, a rancher and the Burns Paiute Tribe to block construction of the Thacker Pass lithium mine, pending their appeal of an earlier decision that largely upheld a permit for the project.
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February 21, 2023
Enviro Groups Seek Lithium Mine Halt Until 9th Circ. Decision
Environmentalists filed an emergency motion on Tuesday to block construction of a Nevada lithium mine while the Ninth Circuit hears an appeal of a permit issued by the federal Bureau of Land Management.
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February 07, 2023
Nev. Judge Largely Backs Thacker Pass Lithium Mine
A federal judge in Nevada has largely cleared the way for plans to tap the largest-known lithium deposit in the United States, rejecting the bulk of a challenge in which environmentalists, Indigenous tribes and a local rancher sought to invalidate the mining project's federal permit.
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July 13, 2022
Ranch, Green Groups Say Lithium Mine Wrongly Approved
A Nevada ranch and conservation groups on Tuesday asked a federal judge to strike down the federal government's approval of an open-air lithium mining project, arguing there is no legal basis to allow waste dumps on public lands.
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June 29, 2022
Tribes Say BLM Didn't Consult Them Over Nev. Lithium Mine
Two tribal communities challenging a federal agency's approval of an open-air lithium mining project slated to occupy public lands near the Nevada-Oregon border have urged a Nevada federal judge to stop the project until the tribes are properly consulted about the development.
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June 10, 2022
Sanctions Bid Against DOI In Lithium Mine Case Gets Tossed
A Nevada federal judge has denied a Native American tribe's bid to sanction the Bureau of Land Management with a default judgment in a suit seeking to void government approvals for a lithium mining project.
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June 06, 2022
Feds, Developer Say Lithium Mine Challenge Falls Flat
The federal government and the developer of a lithium mine in Nevada have turned their attention toward fighting efforts by a local ranch and conservation groups to void federal approvals for the mining project, arguing the authorizations adhered to federal land management and environmental law.
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May 23, 2022
Gov't Seeks Quick Win Over Tribes' Lithium Mine Suit
The U.S. government says a pair of Native American tribes had years to identify areas of cultural significance near a planned Nevada lithium mine, asking a federal judge to let that project go ahead over the tribes' failure to point out such places before they filed suit to block the mine.
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April 26, 2022
Gov't Fights Tribe's Sanctions Bid In Lithium Mine Suit
The federal government urged a Nevada federal court to reject a sanctions bid filed by the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, arguing that the motion, which alleges discovery abuses in the tribe's suit over the approval of a lithium mining project, is based on a "fundamental misunderstanding" of the Administrative Procedure Act.
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April 19, 2022
Lithium Mine Fights Tribe's Bid To Sanction BLM
The developer of a Nevada lithium mine wants a federal court to toss a "farcical" push for sanctions by a Native American tribe that it says is attempting to relitigate previously rejected motions in its challenge to federal approvals for the project.