Legal Opinion
State of Wyoming v. Zinke
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 21, 2017No. 16-8068, 16-8069PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.
In these cases, we are asked to decide whether the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) acted beyond its statutory authority when it promulgated a regulation—43 C.F.R. § 3162.3-3 (2015)1—governing hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on lands owned or held in trust by the United States. The district court invalidated this regulation (hereinafter, the Fracking Regulation) as exceeding the BLM’s statutory authority. While these appeals were pending, a new President of the United States was elected. After that change in Administration, and at the President’s direction, the BLM began…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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