Case Updates
Ninth Circuit holds that a century-old session law precluded a land exchange that the government authorized under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA)
August 22, 2025
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Ninth Circuit to hold that century-old cession law does not bar government from approving federal land exchange under comprehensive land-management scheme later adopted in Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA)
January 24, 2024
William M. Jay and Isabel M. Marin of Goodwin Procter LLP served as outside counsel.
Case Documents
- District Court Order -- Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation v. J.R. Simplot Co. (D. Idaho)
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation v. J.R. Simplot Co. (Ninth Circuit)
- Opinion -- Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation v. J.R. Simplot Co. (9th Cir.)