Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Lyng
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 16, 1987No. Civ. A. 85-2226PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
GESELL, District Judge.
By their complaint filed July 12, 1985, Sierra Club and The Wilderness Society challenged the legality of a program initiated by the United States Forest Service under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture to control infestations of the Southern Pine Beetle in federally designated Wilderness Areas located in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. 1 They claimed that the program was being conducted without initial development of an Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS”), in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321-4347 (1982);…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- National Audubon Society v. F. Eugene Hester, Acting Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
- Sierra Club v. BlockDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1985
- National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States v. Elizabeth H. DoleCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Sierra Club v. LyngDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1987
3Cited by4 opinions
- The Wilderness Society Alaska Center for the Environment v. United States Fish & Wildlife ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Sierra Club v. LyngDistrict Court, E.D. Texas · 1988
- Wilderness Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
- Wilderness Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010