Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Block
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided June 4, 1985No. L-85-69-CAPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
STEGER, District Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
On May 24, 1985, the Court heard the plaintiff’s Motion for a Preliminary Injunction together with the government’s responses to the plaintiff’s Motion. The focus of this dispute concerns the effectiveness of cutting pine trees to control the spread of Southern Pine beetles in Texas Wilderness Areas. 1 Plaintiffs contend that the Forest Service’s present control techniques should be more carefully examined in a specific Environmental Impact Statement. The government believes exhaustive research has already been completed that establishes the usefulness…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Metropolitan Edison Co. v. People Against Nuclear EnergySupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Thomas v. PetersonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Canal Authority of Florida v. CallawayCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Robert E. Tubwell v. Frances T. Griffith, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Sierra Club v. EspyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Sierra Club, Etc. v. Clayton K. Yeutter, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Fund for Animals v. NortonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2003
- Sierra Club v. PetersonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- National Parks Conservation Association v. United States Forest ServiceDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2016
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