Justices Agree That Tribe’s Win In Mineral Rights Dispute Is Not Cert Worthy

Mealey's ( January 7, 2019, 10:53 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 7 took the advice of the United States, from which it requested an amicus curiae brief, and denied certiorari for a 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals finding that construction of a wind farm interfered with an Indian tribe’s reserved mineral rights because excavation work for turbine foundations for the project constituted “mineral development” (Osage Wind, LLC, et al. v. United States, et al., No. 17-1237, U.S. Sup.)....