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
 
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.
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Apr 18 2025 Letter from counsel for petitioner filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 21 2025 Letter from counsel for respondent Resolution Copper Mining, LLC filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 21 2025 Letter from the Solicitor General filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 24 2025 Letter from counsel for petitioner filed. (Distributed)
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May 12 2025 Letter from counsel for petitioner filed.
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May 13 2025 Letter from the Solicitor General filed.
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May 27 2025 Petition DENIED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. Justice Gorsuch, with whom Justice Thomas joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
Jun 23 2025 Petition for Rehearing filed.
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Jul 03 2025 Supplemental brief of petitioner Apache Stronghold in Support of Rehearing filed.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Luke W. Goodrich
Counsel of Record
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
1919 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006

lgoodrich@becketlaw.org
Ph: 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
Ph: 202-434-5050
Party name: Resolution Copper Mining, LLC


D. John Sauer
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States, et al.


Other Attorneys
Steven Timothy Collis
Counsel of Record
University of Texas Law
727 East Dean Keeton Street
Austin , TX 78723

STEVEN.COLLIS@LAW.UTEXAS.EDU
Ph: 512-475-9090
Party name: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A), the Mennonite Church USA, and the Lipan Native American Church as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner


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
Ph: 405-521-3921
Party name: Oklahoma


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
Ph: 651-962-4918
Party name: Religious Liberty Law Scholars


Kristin Collins Cope
Counsel of Record
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
2801 North Harwood Street Suite 1600
Dallas, TX 75201

kcope@omm.com
Ph: 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
Ph: (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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 7194284937
Party name: Religious Freedom Institute, Ethics and Public Policy Center