Legal Opinion
United States v. Means
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 28, 1988No. 87-5118PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
The United States appeals from a final judgment of the District Court ordering the Forest Service to grant a special use permit to a group of Sioux Indians for use of 800 acres of the Black Hills National Forest as a religious, cultural, and educational community. The Government contends that the District Court erred in ruling that the Forest Service violated appellees’ First Amendment right to the free exercise of their religion by denying them a special use permit, and in ruling that the denial of the special use permit was arbitrary and capricious within the meaning…
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