Legal Opinion

Animal Defense Council v. Hodel

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided February 24, 1988No. 86-2453PublishedCited by 172 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NELSON, Circuit Judge:

The Animal Defense Council and several other non-profit associations (Council) appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Bureau of Reclamation of the United States Department of the Interior (Bureau). The Council brought suit under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. § 4321, et seq. (1982), challenging the sufficiency of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Tucson Aqueduct Phase B of the Central Arizona Project.

The district court limited its review to the administrative record and granted the Bureau’s…

2Cases cited19 opinions

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  4. Arizona v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by172 opinions

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