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Shoshone-Bannock Tribes v. USDOI - FLPMA Land Exchange Rehearing Denied

The Ninth Circuit denied petitions for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc in a case challenging a Bureau of Land Management land exchange under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. The panel majority had previously affirmed summary judgment for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, holding that FLPMA's general land exchange authority does not override a specific 1900 Act provision restricting disposal of ceded Fort Hall Reservation lands. Judges Collins and Tung dissented, arguing the FLPMA should authorize the exchange.