Legal Opinion

Protect Our Communities Foundation v. Jewell

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided June 7, 2016No. 14-55666, 14-55842PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

M. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Protect Our Communities Foundation (Protect), Backcountry Against Dumps (Backcountry), and Donna Tisdale (collectively, Plaintiffs) appeal the decision of the Bureau of Land Management to grant Defendant-Intervenor Tule Wind, LLC, (Tule) a right-of-way on federal lands in southeast San Diego County. Plaintiffs named several federal defendants in this action, including the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Department of the Interior, and various officials of those agencies (collectively, Defendants).

The BLM’s right-of-way grant permits Tule to construct and…

2Cases cited21 opinions

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  4. Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. The Lands Council v. McNairCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008

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3Cited by30 opinions

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  4. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. HopperCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2016
  5. Japanese Village, LLC v. Federal Transit AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2016

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