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Teck Metals Ltd., fka Teck Cominco Metals Ltd., a Canadian corporation v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 24-5565 · judgment September 3, 2025
(petition-stage, structural)
About 4.2× the 4.1% base rate. The model weights this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a Ninth Circuit decision below.
Question presented
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) authorizes the United States, the States, and Indian tribes to recover damages for “injury to, destruction of, or loss of natural resources.” 42 U.S.C. § 9607(a)(4)(C), (f)(1). Those damages may be recovered for “use only to restore, replace, or acquire the equivalent of such natural resources.” Id. § 9607(f)(1). The question presented is whether CERCLA authorizes damages for the felt loss of a cultural connection to natural resources.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jeffrey B. Wall
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
For respondent
Paul J. Dayton
Ogden Murphy Wallace, PLLC
Case
Subject area
Economic Activity (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
5 cert-stage
Linked docket
25A1263
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
- Sep 09 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Sep 09 2026Reply of petitioner Teck Metals Ltd filed. (Distributed)
- Aug 28 2026Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
- Aug 28 2026Brief amici curiae of The Mining Association of Canada, et al. filed.
- Aug 28 2026Brief amicus curiae of His Majesty the King in Right of the Province of British Columbia filed.
- Aug 28 2026Brief amici curiae of The National Mining Association, et al. filed.
- Aug 28 2026Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
- Aug 26 2026Brief of respondent The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in opposition filed.
- Jul 24 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 28, 2026)
- May 15 2026Application (25A1263) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until July 24, 2026.
- May 14 2026Opposition to application for extension of time from respondent The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation filed.
- May 12 2026Application (25A1263) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 27, 2026 to July 24, 2026, submitted to Justice Kagan.