Legal Opinion
Wind River Mining Corporation v. United States of America Manuel Lujan, Jr. Delos Jacobson, Director of the Bureau of Land Management
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 8, 1991No. 90-55731PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must determine the applicable statute of limitations, if any, for challenges to federal land classification decisions.
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On March 30, 1979, the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) published in the Federal Register its decision establishing 138 Wilderness Study Areas (“WSAs”) on federal land located in California. These classifications were mandated by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (“FLPMA”). WSAs are “roadless areas of five thousand acres or more and roadless islands of the public lands” having certain wilderness characteristics. 43 U.S.C. §…
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