| 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 |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Jul 26 2024 | Application (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 2024 | Application (24A110) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until September 11, 2024. |
| Sep 11 2024 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 15, 2024) |
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| Sep 27 2024 | Motion 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 2024 | Motion 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 2024 | Brief amici curiae of 85 Religious Organizations filed. |
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| Oct 15 2024 | Brief amici curiae of San Carlos Apache Tribe, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 15 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 15 2024 | Brief amici curiae of The Sikh Coalition, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 15 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Religious Freedom Institute, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 15 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 15 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Senator Mike Lee, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 15 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Young America's Foundation, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 15 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 15 2024 | Brief amici curiae of 52 Tribal Nations and Organizations filed. |
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| Oct 15 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Oklahoma, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 15 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of the Knights of Columbus filed. |
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| Oct 15 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Apache Elder Ramon Riley, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 15 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Religious Liberty Law Scholars filed. |
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| Oct 15 2024 | Brief 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 2024 | Brief amici curiae of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A), et al. filed. |
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| Oct 22 2024 | Brief of Federal Respondents in opposition filed. |
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| Oct 22 2024 | Brief of respondent Resolution Copper Mining, LLC in opposition filed. |
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| Nov 06 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2024. |
| Nov 06 2024 | Reply of petitioner Apache Stronghold filed. (Distributed) |
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| Nov 19 2024 | Rescheduled. |
| Dec 02 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024. |
| Dec 09 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2024. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| 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 | ||