In August 1994, the Freedom From Religion Foundation received notice from one of its members that the nearby Anaconda Job Corps was involved in building a chapel at the statue site in Butte. Objecting to the use of federal resources in the construction of a place of worship, the foundation filed a letter of complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor, which on September 11 ceased the Job Corps' involvement. In July 2005, a group of homeowners sued Our Lady of the Rockies over plans to use a road near their homes to build a tram to the statue. The plans were approved by Butte district court, but on appeal, the Montana Supreme Court ruled in April 2008 that the road is in fact private and cannot be used for the tram. Plans for the tram remain unrealized.