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By Ernest Scheyder
June 25 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court has ruled that the federal government may give thousands of acres in Arizona to Rio Tinto Plc for a copper mine, upholding a lower court's ruling and rejecting a request from Native Americans who said the land has religious and cultural import.
The 2-1 ruling from the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, issued late Friday night, essentially defers to a 2014 decision made by the ...
>>> Read more: UPDATE 1-U.S. court upholds Arizona land swap deal for Rio Tinto copper mine
By Ernest Scheyder
June 25 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court has ruled that the federal government may give thousands of acres in Arizona to Rio Tinto Plc for a copper mine, upholding a lower court's ruling and rejecting a request from Native Americans who said the land has religious and cultural import.
The 2-1 ruling from the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, issued late Friday night, essentially defers to a 2014 decision made by the ...
>>> Read more: UPDATE 1-U.S. court upholds Arizona land swap deal for Rio Tinto copper mine
