Legal Opinion
William Cronin v. United States Department of Agriculture
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 28, 1990No. 90-2744PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Recreational frequenters of the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois have appealed from the denial of their request for a preliminary injunction. The Forest Service authorized a sale of timber, to be harvested by the method of logging known as “group selection,” from a 661-acre tract, called “Fairview,” of the 260,000-acre national forest. The suit charges that the sale violates federal law, in particular the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321 et seq., and the National Forest Management Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1600 et seq. The former statute requires…
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