Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Yeutter
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 10, 1990No. Nos. 88-2777, 88-2871, 88-2918, 88-2920 and 88-2922PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TACHA, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the order of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado granting the Sierra Club’s request for a declaratory judgment that the Wilderness Act of 1964, Pub.L. No. 88-577, 78 Stat. 890 (codified at 16 U.S.C. §§ 1131-1136), creates federal reserved water rights in all twenty-four wilderness areas administered by the United States Forest Service (“Forest Service”). Secretary of Agriculture Yeutter and Chief of the Forest Service Peterson (“federal defendants” or “government”) appeal, contending that the district court is without…
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