Navajo Nation v. United States Forest Service

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 2008-08-08

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Opinion by Judge BEA; Dissent by Judge WILLIAM A. FLETCHER. BEA, Circuit Judge: In this case, American Indians ask us to prohibit the federal government from allowing the use of artificial snow for skiing on a portion of a public mountain sacred in their religion. At the heart of their claim is the planned use of recycled wastewater, which contains 0.0001% human waste, to make artificial snow.<footnote…

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