10th Circuit Denies Rehearing In Mineral Rights Dispute Over Work On Indian Lands

Mealey's (October 18, 2017, 12:29 PM EDT) -- DENVER — The 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Oct. 17 declined to reconsider its reversal of summary judgment to wind farm developers on the U.S. government’s claim that the developers violated an Indian tribe’s mineral rights in its excavation work for the wind turbine foundations (United States of America v. Osage Wind LLC, et al., Nos. 15-5121 and 16-5022, 10th Cir.)....