Legal Opinion

Wyoming v. United States Department of Agriculture

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided July 11, 2005No. 03-8058PublishedCited by 73 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In January 2001 the United States Forest Service issued a rule, commonly known as the “Roadless Rule,” that generally prohibited road construction in inventoried roadless areas on National Forest System lands. Roadless Area Conservation, 36 C.F.R. §§ 294.10-294.14 (2001). The State of Wyoming filed a complaint in the-United States District Court for the District o'f Wyoming challenging the Roadless Rule. 1 A number of environmental organizations intervened on behalf of the federal defendants in defense of the Rule. 2 After concluding that the Forest…

2Cases cited17 opinions

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  2. Arizonans for Official English v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  3. United States v. Munsingwear, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
  4. Murphy v. HuntSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. U.S. Bancorp Mortgage Co. v. Bonner Mall PartnershipSupreme Court of the United States · 1994

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3Cited by73 opinions

  1. Brown v. BuhmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2016
  2. Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Bureau of ReclamationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2010
  3. Organized Village of Kake v. United States Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2015
  4. Wyoming v. United States Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2011
  5. Rezaq v. NalleyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2012

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