HRA submitted an expert historical report, and historian Ian Smith served as an expert witness, for this case related to the history, uses, and local perceptions of a statue of Jesus that was placed on the Whitefish Mountain Resort ski area in western Montana in the early 1950s. Ian provided deposition testimony on behalf of the defendant (U.S. Forest Service) in October 2012. The U.S. District Court found in favor of the United States in June 2013, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the lower court’s ruling in August 2015.