Legal Opinion
Navajo Nation v. United States Forest Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 8, 2008No. 06-15371, 06-15436, 06-15455PublishedCited by 245 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge BEA; Dissent by Judge WILLIAM A. FLETCHER.
BEA, Circuit Judge:
In this case, American Indians ask us to prohibit the federal government from allowing the use of artificial snow for skiing on a portion of a public mountain sacred in their religion. At the heart of their claim is the planned use of recycled wastewater, which contains 0.0001% human waste, to make artificial snow.1 The Plaintiffs claim *1063the use of such snow on a sacred mountain desecrates the entire mountain, deprecates their religious ceremonies, and injures their religious sensibilities. We are called upon to…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security DivisionSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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