Government Says Agencies Wrongly Named As Parties In Tribal Immunity Row

Mealey's (April 17, 2020, 3:47 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Several federal agencies do not plan to get involved in a U.S. Supreme Court case brought by tribal and environmental groups that are challenging coal-mining activities by an Indian company on Indian land, despite being named as respondents by the petitioners, the agencies tell the high court in an April 16 letter (Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment, et al. v. Bureau of Indian Affairs, et al., No. 19-1166, U.S. Sup.)....