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Litigation Schedule

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Below is a general time-frame for the case in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals:

  • April 4th, 2020, OPENING BRIEFS from Hudbay and the Feds
  • Approximately 60 days after that – about June 3rd, 2020 — OUR RESPONSE will be due
  • Oral arguments probably not until late in 2020 or even into 2021

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Litigation Update

Speaking of which (the appeal originally filed in Nov. 2017 challenging the Forest Service’s approval of the mine), we now have a schedule for that case in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals – not definitive, but at least a general time frame:

 

After a lot of negotiating, the lawyers have come to an agreement on the final schedule of our cases before the 9th Circuit Appeals Court. Here is the updated schedule:

  • Feds opening brief due by 1 June 2020
  • Hudbay opening brief due by 15 June 2020
  • Then, our response by 3 September 2020
  • Feds optional reply brief by 2 November 2020
  • Hudbay optional reply brief by 9 November 2020

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