FMC Corporation, Petitioner v. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes

  1. January 11, 2021

    Justices Toss FMC Bid For Review Of Tribes' Waste Fee

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition by chemical maker FMC Corp. seeking to overturn a Ninth Circuit ruling that it is subject to tribal jurisdiction and must pay an annual waste storage fee to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Idaho.

  2. December 10, 2020

    Feds Say Tribal Fee Fight Doesn't Warrant Justices' Attention

    The federal government said an appeals court decision that required chemical maker FMC Corp. to pay a $1.5 million waste storage fee every year to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Idaho "was likely correct" and that the U.S. Supreme Court should not review it.

  3. June 29, 2020

    Justices Seek SG Input On Chemical Co.'s Tribal Fee Fight

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked the U.S. solicitor general to weigh in on chemical company FMC Corp.'s petition to overturn a ruling that required it to pay the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Idaho a $1.5 million waste storage fee every year. 

  4. June 11, 2020

    Chemical Co. Tells Justices Tribes Can't Dodge Permit Appeal

    Chemical company FMC Corp. urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up its petition to overturn a ruling requiring it to pay $1.5 million in annual permit fees to Idaho tribes, saying the tribes were misconstruing the decision of the lower court.

  5. May 20, 2020

    Tribes Say Chemical Co. Twisting Facts In Permit Appeal

    Idaho tribes told the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday that chemical company FMC Corp. "resorts to a battery of mischaracterizations" in its effort to get the high court to overturn a ruling it owes $1.5 million in annual permit fees to the tribes.

  6. March 20, 2020

    Chemical Co. Urges Justices To Take Up Tribal Waste Suit

    FMC Corp. is urging the Supreme Court to overturn a Ninth Circuit ruling that the chemical manufacturer must pay waste storage fees to Idaho tribes, saying the lower courts ignored a "fundamental limitation" on the control tribes can exact over nonmembers.