Brown Lopez, et al. v. United States of America, et al.
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March 18, 2026
Tribal Groups Back High Court Bid To Halt Ariz. Land Transfer
Native American rights groups are backing four Apache women's bid to have the Supreme Court halt a 2,500-acre Arizona land transfer, arguing an Indigenous worship site on the property is there because of U.S. policies designed to strip tribal nations of their homelands and suppress their religions.
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March 16, 2026
Apache Women Urge Justice Kagan To Halt Ariz. Land Swap
A group of Apache women are asking Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan to block the federal government's transfer of a sacred Apache worship site within Arizona's Tonto National Forest to a copper mining company, arguing that this could be the last chance to prevent a generational tragedy.
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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.