Legal Opinion
Wyoming v. United States Department of Agriculture
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 21, 2011No. 08-8061, 09-8075PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
Defendants Forest Service 1 and Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants Environmental Groups 2 appeal the district court’s order setting aside and permanently enjoining the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (“Roadless Rule”), which the Forest Service promulgated in 2001. In setting-aside the Roadless Rule, the district court held that the rule violated the Wilderness Act of 1964 (‘Wilderness Act”), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1131-36, and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (“NEPA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321-70. See Wyoming v. U.S. Dep’t of Agric., 570 F.Supp.2d 1309 (D.Wyo. 2008). 3
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