Legal Opinion
Sierra Forest Legacy v. Sherman
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 26, 2011No. 09-17796, 10-15026PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
This appeal concerns whether the process of establishing management guidelines governing 11.5 million acres of federal land in the Sierra Nevada region complied with both the procedural requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the substantive restrictions of the National Forest Management Act (NFMA). Sierra Forest Legacy, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sierra Club and the Wilderness Society (collectively “Sierra Forest”) appeal a largely unfavorable summary judgment against them and a favorable but limited…
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