San Carlos Apache Tribe v. United States Forest Service, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's own 2026 opinion in the ongoing docket numbered 25-5189, rules on the Tribe's legal challenge to the Oak Flat land transfer. Its strength is that it is the court's own opinion, the primary record of its ruling on the claim before it. Its limit is that it addresses the legal claim before the court rather than offering an independent historical or religious studies account of Oak Flat's significance, and as an active docket its final disposition may not yet be settled.
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Reliability Tier1
Reliability tier 1: the court's own opinion, the primary record of its ruling on the claim before it, on an active docket whose final disposition may not yet be settled. NotesThe United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's own opinion in San Carlos Apache Tribe v. United States Forest Service, No. 25-5189 (2026); the court's ruling on the legal claim before it, not an independent historical or religious-studies account of Oak Flat.
Citation
AuthorUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2026/04/08/25-5189.pdf
Source TypeCase law
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Cultures, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Sacred Sites, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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