Legal Opinion
Wildearth Guardians v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 31, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2011-1481PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
March 30, 2014 [## 38, 41, 43]
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RICHARD J. LEON, United States District Judge
Plaintiffs WildEarth Guardians, Defenders of Wildlife, and the Sierra Club (collectively, “plaintiffs”) brought suit against defendant United States Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) in connection with BLM’s decision to lease two coal tracts in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin (“PRB”)— the Belle Ayr North (“BAN”) and Caballo West (“CW”) tracts. 1 Plaintiffs claim that BLM violated the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321-4335, and the Federal Land Policy Management Act (“FLPMA”),…
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