Legal Opinion
Conner v. Burford
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 13, 1988No. Nos. 85-3929 to 85-3937PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORRIS, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents the question whether federal agencies violated the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq., or the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq., by selling oil and gas leases on 1,300,000 acres of national forest land in Montana without preparing either an environmental impact statement (EIS) or a comprehensive biological opinion encompassing the impact of post-leasing activities on threatened or endangered species. The district court ruled that the sale of the leases without an EIS or a…
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