Legal Opinion
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership v. Salazar
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 31, 2009No. Civ. Action 07-01486 (RJL), 07-1709 (RJL)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
[# 43, # 47, # 50, # 53 (07-cv-01486); # 50, # 59, # 60, # 64 (07-cv-1709) ]
RICHARD J. LEON, District Judge.
These two cases involve challenges to the government’s decision to grant drilling permits in the Atlantic Rim area of Wyoming. The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP) brought one of these actions in 2007 against the Secretary of the Interior, 1 the Department of the Interior, and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), challenging the granting of drilling permits as “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law”…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Marsh v. Oregon Natural Resources CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness AllianceSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership v. SalazarCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2010
- Committee of 100 on the Federal City v. FoxxDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2015
- Oceana v. Bureau of Ocean Energy ManagementDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2014
- Defenders of Wildlife v. SalazarDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
- Powder River Basin Resource Council v. United States Bureau of Land ManagementDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2014
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