Legal Opinion
Lopez v. United States of America
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 1, 2025No. Civil Action No. 2025-2408Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOUYEN BROWN LOPEZ et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 25-2408 (TJK) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM Later this month, the Secretary of Agriculture plans to convey a parcel of land in Arizona containing an area known as Oak Flat to Intervenor-Defendant Resolution Copper Mining, LLC (“Resolution”) under a law passed in 2014. 16 U.S.C. § 539p; ECF No. 1 ¶¶ 2, 77. Members of the Western Apache know Oak Flat as Chí’chil Biłdagoteel, and it is sacred to them. ECF No. 1 ¶¶ 1–2. Since Resolution plans to build a…
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