Legal Opinion
The Sierra Club v. Stanley K. Hathaway
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 11, 1978No. 75-3216PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TANG, Circuit Judge:
The Sierra Club and the Oregon High Desert Study Group, both non-profit, environmental organizations, appeal from an order of the district court denying their request for a preliminary injunction. In the court below, appellants sought to prevent the Secretary of the Interior from executing lease agreements that would give private parties the right to explore for and commercially produce geothermal steam and associated geothermal resources in the Alvord Desert Known Geothermal Resource Area (KGRA). Alternatively, in the event the leases had already been executed, the Sierra…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Sierra Club v. MortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Kleppe v. Sierra ClubSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Scientists' Institute for Public Information, Inc. v. Atomic Energy CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Trout Unlimited v. MortonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by66 opinions
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- Conner v. BurfordCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Virginia Zepeda v. United States Immigration And Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
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