Legal Opinion
Humboldt County v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 24, 1982No. 80-4419PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SKOPIL, Circuit Judge:
INTRODUCTION
Humboldt County appeals the district court’s decision upholding the Bureau of Land Management’s (“BLM”) closure of two roads in the Blue Lake area of the county to vehicular use.1 The County argues that: (1) it holds rights of way in the two roads under Section 8 of the Act of July 26, 1866, 43 U.S.C. § 932 (Revised Statutes 2477), (2) the BLM failed to comply with applicable federal law in closing the roads, and (3) the BLM arbitrarily denied its application for conveyance of 640 acres surrounding Blue Lake, including the two roads, for recreational and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Utah Power & Light Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Andrus v. Charlestone Stone Products Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- The Wilderness Society v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Leo Sheep Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Sierra Club v. HodelCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
- Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. Bureau of Land ManagementCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2005
- Great Old Broads for Wildernes v. Abigail KimbellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2013
- State of California, Ex Rel., State Land Commission v. Yuba Goldfields, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Paul G. Shultz v. Department of Army, United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
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