Legal Opinion
Native Ecosystems Council v. Krueger
District Court, D. Montana
Decided October 15, 2018No. CV 12-27-M-DLCPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDana L. Christensen, Chief Judge
Before the Court is Federal Defendants' Motion to Alter Judgment and Dissolve Injunction (Doc. 55). On May 24, 2013, this Court enjoined the Fleecer Mountains Project ("the Project") until the Forest Service and Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS") corrected certain deficiencies under the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA") and the Endangered Species Act ("ESA") identified in this Court's remand order. (Doc. 27.)
There, Plaintiffs claimed that the Project and the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Plan ("Forest Plan") violated various environmental laws because the Forest Service failed…
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- The Lands Council v. McNairCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
- Karuk Tribe v. United States Forest ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. United States Forest ServiceDistrict Court, D. Idaho · 2025
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