Legal Opinion

Pit River Tribe v. Bureau of Land Management

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 20, 2015No. 13-16961PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CHRISTEN, Circuit Judge:

The Pit River Tribe and several regional environmental organizations (collectively Pit River) appeal from the district court’s order granting judgment on the pleadings on Pit River’s action challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) continuation of 26 geothermal leases in northeastern California’s Medicine Lake Highlands. .Pit River’s complaint alleged that BLM’s decision violated the Geothermal Steam Act, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), and the government’s fiduciary trust obligation to Indian…

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