Legal Opinion
Ouachita Watch League v. Jacobs
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 5, 2006No. 05-14461, 05-14462PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge:
The basic substantive issue in this consolidated appeal is whether a coalition of environmental groups (collectively, Ouachi-ta) is correct that the U.S. Forest Service’s (Forest Service’s) changes to certain forest plans 1 in the Southern Region 2 of the United States failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the National Forest Management Act (NFMA). The district court never reached that issue, concluding instead that the majority of Ouachita’s claims were not ripe for review. That conclusion was wrong, since it was based primarily on a…
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