United States v. Osage Wind, et al

  1. October 25, 2017

    10th Circ. Wrongly Put Wind Farm Ruling On Hold, Tribe Says

    The Osage Minerals Council told the Tenth Circuit Tuesday that it shouldn't have stayed the mandate of a panel decision that said wind farm developers should have obtained a mineral lease from the Osage Nation and Bureau of Indian Affairs approval before starting surface construction for an Oklahoma wind farm.

  2. October 17, 2017

    10th Circ. Won't Revisit Osage Nation Wind Farm Lease Case

    The Tenth Circuit on Tuesday declined to revisit its decision that said wind farm developers should have obtained a mineral lease from the Osage Nation along with Bureau of Indian Affairs approval before starting surface construction for an Oklahoma wind farm.

  3. October 03, 2017

    Wind Farm Cos. Say 10th Circ. Wrong On Tribal Mineral Lease

    Wind energy developers on Monday asked the Tenth Circuit to reconsider a panel’s ruling that they should have gotten a mineral lease from the Osage Nation and approval from the Bureau of Indian Affairs before engaging in surface construction of an Oklahoma wind farm.

  4. September 26, 2017

    10th Circ. Mining Ruling Digs Up Worry For Tribal Projects

    The Tenth Circuit's recent ruling that a wind farm needed a mineral lease from the Osage Nation before construction creates new obligations for developers looking to launch renewable and energy infrastructure projects on tribal lands and new risks for existing projects that suddenly find themselves in the same boat as the now-unlawful wind farm, experts say.

  5. December 14, 2015

    Wind Co. Says Osage Can't Appeal Wind Farm Ruling

    The owners of a wind farm on Osage land asked two federal courts on Friday to shut down the tribe's efforts to revive its claims that surface construction activities had infringed the tribe's mineral rights, claiming the tribe lacks standing and tried to join the suit too late.