San Carlos Apache Tribe v. United States Forest Service, et al.
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October 08, 2025
Biz Groups Back Ariz. Land Swap Amid 9th Circ. Appeal
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a slew of mining associations are backing the federal government's efforts to nix a Ninth Circuit appeal that looks to block the transfer of more than 2,500 acres within Arizona's Tonto National Forest to a copper mining company.
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October 01, 2025
US, Copper Co. Ask 9th Circ. To Spike Land Transfer Appeal
The U.S. government and a copper company have asked the Ninth Circuit to dismiss conservation groups' and an Apache tribe's appeal of an Arizona federal judge's decision to uphold a federal law authorizing a land exchange.
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September 24, 2025
Tribal Groups Back 9th Circ. Bid To Block Ariz. Land Transfer
Two tribal advocacy groups are backing a Ninth Circuit bid to block a 2,400-acre federal land exchange in Arizona to make way for a billion-dollar copper mining project they say will destroy an ancient worship site, arguing that federal policies are systematically stripping Indigenous nations of their homelands.
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September 09, 2025
Tribes, Enviro Orgs. Urge 9th Circ. To Halt Oak Flat Land Swap
The U.S. and a copper mining company can't defend a federal law authorizing a land exchange in Arizona's Tonto National Forest, conservation groups and an Apache tribe told the Ninth Circuit on Monday, arguing that requirements for mining the site are unmet due to an inadequate final environmental impact statement.
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August 19, 2025
9th Circuit Pauses Oak Flat Land Transfer Pending Appeals
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 to a multibillion-dollar proposed project play out in the appellate court.