Legal Opinion
Ash Creek Mining Co. v. Lujan
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 6, 1991No. 90-8009PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
The doctrine of ripeness prevents federal courts from interfering with the actions of administrative agencies except when “a specific ‘final agency action’ has an actual or immediately threatened effect.” Lujan v. National Wildlife Fed’n, — U.S. -, 110 S.Ct. 3177, 3191, 111 L.Ed.2d 695 (1990). The question before us is whether the United States Department of the Interior’s decision to withhold the Ash Creek Coal Leasing Tract from the Department’s coal leasing program pending a final decision on the proposed exchange of the tract for private lands presents a “final…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Lujan v. National Wildlife FederationSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Chicago & Southern Air Lines, Inc. v. Waterman Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Setliff v. Memorial Hospital of Sheridan CountyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by56 opinions
- Ash Creek Mining Co. v. LujanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
- United Tribe of Shawnee Indians v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2001
- HRI, Inc. v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
- Save Barton Creek Ass'n v. Federal Highway AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Public Citizen v. Office of the United States Trade RepresentativesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992
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