Legal Decisions
Up one levelAccess legal decisions in mining-related cases from our participant organizations.
- OHA vs. Battle Mountain Gold
- 2000 Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board Decision
- Great Basin Mine Watch vs. State of Nevada and Newmont Mining Company
- 2004 Petition for Judicial Review decision
- Sierra Club v. El Paso Gold Mines
- U.S. v. W.R. Grace
- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion that begins: Libby, Montana, sits sixty-five miles south of the Canadian border. The seemingly rustic and picturesque environment of this area masks a troubling history--the community has been plagued with asbestos-related contamination. In 1999, the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") was called in to address disturbing health reports due to asbestos-related contamination. We must decide whether, in responding to this threat, the EPA exceeded the bounds of its authority to conduct cleanup activities under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. We hold that it did not.
- Hells Canyon Preservation v. Forest Service
- Judge ruled that the Forest Service was in violation of CWA and NFMA when it authorized 49 mining operations in the North Fork Burnt River Watershed.
