No. 24-291
Title:Apache Stronghold, Petitioner
v.
United States, et al.
Docketed:September 13, 2024
Linked with 24A110
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
   Case Numbers:(21-15295)
   Decision Date:March 1, 2024
   Rehearing Denied:May 14, 2024
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:

DateProceedings and Orders
Jul 26 2024Application (24A110) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 12, 2024 to September 11, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.
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Aug 01 2024Application (24A110) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until September 11, 2024.
Sep 11 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 15, 2024)
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Sep 27 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 15, 2024 to October 22, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
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Oct 01 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 22, 2024, for all respondents.
Oct 14 2024Brief amici curiae of 85 Religious Organizations filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amici curiae of San Carlos Apache Tribe, et al. filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al. filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amici curiae of The Sikh Coalition, et al. filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amici curiae of Religious Freedom Institute, et al. filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amici curiae of Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty, et al. filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amici curiae of Senator Mike Lee, et al. filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amici curiae of Young America's Foundation, et al. filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amici curiae of Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, et al. filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amici curiae of 52 Tribal Nations and Organizations filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amici curiae of Oklahoma, et al. filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amicus curiae of the Knights of Columbus filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amici curiae of Apache Elder Ramon Riley, et al. filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amici curiae of Religious Liberty Law Scholars filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amici curiae of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A), et al. not accepted for filing. (October 23, 2024 - Corrected brief to be submitted)
Oct 15 2024Brief amici curiae of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A), et al. filed.
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Oct 22 2024Brief of Federal Respondents in opposition filed.
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Oct 22 2024Brief of respondent Resolution Copper Mining, LLC in opposition filed.
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Nov 06 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2024.
Nov 06 2024Reply of petitioner Apache Stronghold filed. (Distributed)
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NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Luke W. Goodrich
    Counsel of Record		The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
1919 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006

lgoodrich@becketlaw.org		2029550095
Party name: Apache Stronghold
Attorneys for Respondents
Lisa Schiavo Blatt
    Counsel of Record		Williams & Connolly LLP
680 Maine Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20024

LBLATT@WC.COM		202-434-5050
Party name: Resolution Copper Mining, LLC
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
    Counsel of Record		Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV		202-514-2217
Party name: United States, et al.
Other
Thomas Charles Berg
    Counsel of Record		University of St. Thomas School of Law
MSL 400
1000 LaSalle Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55403-2015

TCBERG@STTHOMAS.EDU		651-962-4918
Party name: Religious Liberty Law Scholars
Steven Timothy Collis
    Counsel of Record		University of Texas Law
727 East Dean Keeton Street
Austin , TX 78723

STEVEN.COLLIS@LAW.UTEXAS.EDU		512-475-9090
Party name: Brief of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A), the Mennonite Church USA, and the Lipan Native American Church as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Kristin Collins Cope
    Counsel of Record		O'Melveny & Myers LLP
2801 North Harwood Street Suite 1600
Dallas, TX 75201

kcope@omm.com		972-360-1927
Party name: The Knights of Columbus
Michael B. de Leeuw
    Counsel of Record		Cozen O'Connor
175 Greenwich Street, 55th Floor
New York, NY 10006

mdeleeuw@cozen.com		(212) 908-1331
Party name: The Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty, The Armed Forces and Chaplaincy for the Anglican Church in North America, The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Ministry to the Armed Forces, The Chaplaincy Endorsement Commission of the Christian Churches and Churches Of Christ, and Stewards Ministries
John Ernest Echohawk
    Counsel of Record		Native American Rights Fund
250 Arapahoe Ave.
Boulder, CO 80302

jechohwk@narf.org		303-447-8760
Party name: 52 Tribal Nations and Organizations
Madison Leigh Hahn
    Counsel of Record		Young America's Foundation
11480 Commerce Park Drive, Ste 600
Reston, VA 20191

mhahn@yaf.org		4044412974
Party name: Young America's Foundation, Advancing American Freedom, Faith & Freedom Policy Institute, and Family Policy Alliance
Joshua Craig McDaniel
    Counsel of Record		Harvard Law School Religious Freedom Clinic
6 Everett St, Suite 5110
Cambridge, MA 02138

jmcdaniel@law.harvard.edu		6174964383
Party name: The Sikh Coalition, The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team, and the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty
John Archer Meiser
    Counsel of Record		Lindsay and Matt Moroun Religious Liberty Clinic
Notre Dame Law School
1338 Biolchini Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556

JMEISER@ND.EDU		574-631-3880
Party name: Apache Elder Ramon Riley, et al.
Christopher E. Mills
    Counsel of Record		Spero Law LLC
557 East Bay Street #22251
Charleston, SC 29413

cmills@spero.law		8436060640
Party name: 85 Religious Organizations
Katherine Lindsay Pringle
    Counsel of Record		Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins, LLP
Seven Times Square
New York, NY 10036

kpringle@fklaw.com		212-833-1124
Party name: Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, General Synod of The United Church of Christ, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and Society of The United Methodist Church
Alexander Bennett Ritchie
    Counsel of Record		Office of the Tribal Attorney General-San Carlos A
16 San Carlos Avenue
San Carlos, AZ 85550

alex.ritchie@scat-nsn.gov		928-475-3344
Party name: San Carlos Apache Tribe, Chairman Terry Rambler and Vice-Chairman Tao Etpison
Gene Clayton Schaerr
    Counsel of Record		Schaerr | Jaffe
1717 K Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

GSCHAERR@SCHAERR-JAFFE.COM		202-787-1060
Party name: Senator Mike Lee; Protect the First Foundation
James A. Sonne
    Counsel of Record		Religious Liberty Clinic, Stanford Law School
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305-8610

jsonne@law.stanford.edu		650-723-1422
Party name: Christian Legal Society, et al.
Ian Seth Speir
    Counsel of Record		Covenant Law PLLC
13395 Voyager Pkwy.
#130-732
Colorado Springs, CO 80921

ian@covtlaw.com		7194284937
Party name: Religious Freedom Institute, Ethics and Public Policy Center
Zachary Paul West
    Counsel of Record		Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General
313 NE 21st Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105

zach.west@oag.ok.gov		405-521-3921
Party name: State of Oklahoma