Legal Opinion
Navajo Nation v. U.S. Forest Service
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided January 11, 2006No. CV 05-1824-PCT-PGR, CV 05-1914-PCT-EHC, CV-05-1949-PCT-NVW, CV 05-1966-PCT-JATPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ROSENBLATT, District Judge.
This consolidated matter comes before the Court on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment and following a bench trial on Plaintiffs’ claims brought under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000bb-2000bb-4 (“RFRA”). 1 The Court now makes its ruling.
1. Factual Background
This case involves a challenge to the Forest Service’s decision to authorize upgrades to facilities at the Arizona Snow-bowl (“Snowbowl”), an existing ski area in the Coconino National Forest (“CNF”). 2 The Plaintiffs in this consolidated case include the Navajo Nation,…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Ward v. Rock Against RacismSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Marsh v. Oregon Natural Resources CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Navajo Nation v. United States Forest ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
- Nulankeyutmonen Nkihtaqmikon v. ImpsonDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2006
- Navajo Nation v. United States Forest ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- Navajo Nation Havasupai Tribe Rex Tilousi Dianna Uqualla Sierra Club White Mountain Apache Nation Yavapai-Apache Nation the Flagstaff Activist Network, and Hualapai Tribe Norris Nez Bill Bucky Preston Hopi Tribe Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Forest Service Nora Rasure, in Her Official Capacity as Forest Supervisor, Responsible Officer, Coconino National Forest Harv Forsgren, Appeal Deciding Office, Regional Forester, in His Official Capacity, Arizona Snowbowl Resort Limited Partnership, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee. Navajo Nation Hualapai Tribe Norris Nez Bill Bucky Preston Havasupai Tribe Rex Tilousi Dianna Uqualla Sierra Club White Mountain Apache Nation Yavapai-Apache Nation Center for Biological Diversity the Flagstaff Activist Network, and Hopi Tribe v. United States Forest Service Nora Rasure, in Her Official Capacity as Forest Supervisor, Responsible Officer, Coconino National Forest Harv Forsgren, Appeal Deciding Office, Regional Forester, in His Official Capacity, Arizona Snowbowl Resort Limited Partnership, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee. Hualapai Tribe Norris Nez Bill Bucky Preston v. United States Forest Service Nora Rasure, in Her Official Capacity as Forest Supervisor, Responsible Officer, Coconino National Forest Harv Forsgren, Appeal Deciding Office, Regional Forester, in His Official CapacityCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- United States v. TawahongvaDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 2006
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