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Flagstaff, AZ 86001

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Flagstaff, AZ 86002-0370

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Important Case News
San Francisco Peaks

News Items

2007-12-18, Legal battle to protect sacred Peaks goes to Pasadena (Read)
2007-12-07, Snowmaking V. Spirituality (Read)
2007-06-08, Tribes Invoke Gods to Block Wastewater Snowmaking (Read)
2007-04-16, Navajo Nation Honors Howard Shanker (Read)
2007-03-27, Tribes, activists gather in celebration of the Peaks (Read)
2007-03-16, Appeals court rules to protect sacred peaks (Read)
2007-03-14, Court says no to wastewater snow (Read)
2007-03-14, No fake snow at Snowbowl (Read)
2007-03-13, Court blocks effluent on sacred peaks (Read)
2007-03-13, Court: No Fake Snow at Sacred Peak (Read)
2007-03-13, No fake snow at sacred Ariz. peak, court rules (Read)
2007-03-12, Press Conference Photos after Ninth Circuit Decision (View 1, 2, 3, 4)
2006-09-15, Hundreds show support for Native American Sacred Site (Read)
2006-09-15, San Francisco Peaks (Read)
2006-09-14, Tribal reps at hearing (Read)
2006-09-14, Howard Shanker on Ninth Circuit steps with Joe Shirley, Jr. (President of the Navajo Nation); Lawrence Morgan (Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council) and other Tribal leaders (View)
2006-09-14, Native Americans & environmentalists fight to preserve (Read)
2006-09-14, Navajos leave San Francisco Federal courthouse... (Read)
2006-09-14, Howard Shanker, President Joe Shirley, Jr., Lawrence Morgan, and Miss Navajo Nation on the Ninth Circuit steps (View)
2006-09-14, Howard Shanker, President Joe Shirley, Jr., Lawrence Morgan, and other tribal leaders on the Ninth Circuit steps(View)
2006-09-14, Howard Shanker and the Tribal leaders addressing the protesters on the Ninth Circuit steps(View)
2006-09-14, March through the streets of San Francisco to the Ninth Circuit Court Building(View)
2006-12-20, Wastewater renewal needed discussion (Read)
2006-11-01, A Plan to Conserve Water Resources (Read)
2006-09-01, Big Cost for a Bad Idea (Read)
2006-07-01, Snowmaking, Wastewater & Human Health (Read)
2006-09-12, Navajo Nation to appeal decision (Read)
2006-09-12, Indians say AZ ski resort desecrates their sacred mtn. (Read)
2006-08-23, Snowmaking goes to 9th circuit court (Read)
2006-08-23, Tribes & Environmental Groups Unified... (Read)
2006-02-27, Navajo Nation files appeal... (Read)
2006-01-20, Religious Freedom and Restoration Act tested (Read)
2006-01-12, Navajo battle ski resort over sacred mountain (Read)
2005-12-10, Lawsuit straining Babbitt's rapport with tribes (Read)

Case Documents

2009-10-20, NEPA Opposition to Motion to transfer case to Hon. Rosenblatt (Read)
2009-10-16, NEPA Defense Motion to transfer case to Hon. Rosenblatt (Read)
2009-09-21, NEPA Complaint to US District Court (Read)
2009-09-21, Motion for TRO (Read)
2007-12-11, Audio from 9th Circuit En Banc Hearing (Listen)
2007-03-12, Ninth Circuit Peaks Decision (Read)
2006-09-14, Audio from the Ninth Circuit oral argument (Listen)

 
Hopi Tribe

2010-02-11, Village of Bacavi Press Release (Read)
2010-02-11, Village of Bacavi Ruling (Read)

 
Foster Care/Adoption

2007-02-07, Foster Students Could Get Help (Read)
2008-00-00, Lawyer is guardian, stands up for vulnerable children (Read)

 
Save our Sonoran

2006-08-02, Ninth Circuit grants SOS temporary injunction (Read)
2005-10-05, Judge seeks closure to Section 16 case (Read)

 
Pecos Road / Loop 202 Litigation

2007-02-28, Group wants vote on park excavating (Read)
2007-01-28, Ahwatukee Group Opens Battle Over Freeway Path (Read)
2007-01-26, Highway Health Risks to Kids (Read)
2007-01-26, Effect of exposure to traffic on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age: a cohort study (Read)
2006-12-14, Residents ready to battle Loop 202 (Read)
2006-12-06, Local group to challenge freeway (Read)

 
Mobile, AZ Landfill

2003-12-12, Proposed Landfill Subject of Civil Rights Dispute (Read)
2003-10-22, Oil refinery faces numerous hurdles (Read)
2003-10-03, Oil refinery at Mobile may not fly (Read)
2003-08-01, Proposed Landfill Subject of Heated Dispute (Read)

 
Hazardous Waste

2004-09-05, E.V. hazardous waste plant raises concerns (Read)

 
Desert Bald Eagle

News Items

2007-01-16, Arizona's Bald Eagles, Awesome and still at risk (Read)

Case Documents

2007-01-05, Read Desert Bald Eagle Complaint (Read)

 
Flagstaff Water Conservation Plan

2006-11-06, A Call to Plan for the Future (Read)

 
Canyon Forest Village

2003-01-06, Canyon Forest Village Dismissed (Read)

 
Center for Biolgical Diversity

2010-02-02, Big Chino Press Release 2 (Read)
2010-01-11, CBD vs City of Prescott Statement of facts Part 2 (Read)
2010-01-11, CBD vs City of Prescott Statement of facts Part 1 (Read)
2010-01-11, CBD vs City of Prescott Motion for Summary Judgement (Read)
2009-04-22, Big Chino Press Release 1 (Read)
2009-04-22, Big Chino Water Pipeline Complaint (Read)
2006-06-14, Railroad sale challenged as risk to river (Read)
2006-02-20, Action taken to end ADEQ San Pedro cover up (Read)
2004-06-04, AZ defends its right to destroy the last free flowing river(Read)

 
Bellemont Shooting Range

2005-01-30, Bellemont Shooting Range Ditched (Read)

 
Bella Terra

News Items

2007-02-07, Bella Terra violates sustainablility tenets (Read)
2007-02-07, ADEQ approval stirs opposition (Read)
2007-01-29, Reports Document Flood Plain Destruction & Clean Water Act Violations (Read)

Case Documents

2007-03-09, Notice of Appeal of ADEQ’s Aquifer Protection Permit decision for Bella Terra (Read)
2007-01-05, Bella Terra Project Clean Water Act Compliance (Read)
2007-01-02, Bella Terra & Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (Read)
2006-11-01, Bella Terra Aquifer Protection Permit Comments (Read)
2006-10-22, Flood Plain Measurement on South Margin Bella Terra Property (Read)

 
ASARCO

1999-04-29, Smoke Screening (Read)
1998-12-03, Unpleasantville (Read)

 
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