Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 33 F.4th 1202 (9th Cir. 2022) A recent Ninth Circuit ruling highlights the Mining Law of 1872’s shortcomings to accommodate the extraordinarily large-scale operations that often ch…
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that an Oregon state law which prohibited certain in-stream mining methods was a reasonable environmental regulation and thus was not preempted by federal law.
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