Legal Opinion
National Wildlife Federation v. Burford
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 4, 1985No. Civ. A. 85-2238PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN H. PRATT, District Judge.
Introduction
Plaintiff, an environmental organization, brought suit against the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, the Secretary of the Interior and the Department of the Interior to challenge the lifting of protective restrictions on certain federal lands. Plaintiff’s cause of action arises under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Administrative Procedure Act. The case is now before us on a motion to intervene by Congressman John F. Seiberling, defendants’ motion to dismiss…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Allen v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. CampSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Conner v. BurfordCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas v. Bruce Babbitt, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
- National Wildlife Federation v. Robert F. Burford, Mountain States Legal Foundation (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. National Reo Management, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 2000
- Conner v. BurfordCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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