Land Deal, Copper Mine Not ‘Substantial Burden’ On Apaches, 9th Circuit Says

Mealey's (June 27, 2022, 1:12 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A tribal group is not entitled to an injunction blocking a federal government land swap for development of a copper mine on sacred Apache land in Arizona because the mine will not be a “substantial burden” on the tribe’s religious freedoms, a divided Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held June 24 in affirming....